GameAP
Game Administration Panel for managing game servers on Linux and Windows.
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Still maintained? Yes: 80 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v4.5.8 (Oct 2026).
At a glance
GameAP quick facts
- Health score
- 89/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 152
- Last commit
- 12 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v4.5.8, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT
Top alternatives to GameAP
In its own words
The project's README opens: "GameAP is a free and open-source game server management panel that allows you to easily manage and deploy game servers. It provides a user-friendly web interface for managing game servers, users, and configurations."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
GameAP scores 89/100, #8 of 20 in Games - Administrative Utilities & Control Panels: 80 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v4.5.8, 12 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 152 stars add 8.7 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 11.3 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
Health over time
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
80 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v4.5.8 released 12 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 8.7 / 20
152 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 80
- Last 90 days
- 446
- Last 12 months
- 12 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #8 of 20 tools in Games - Administrative Utilities & Control Panels by health , between GameVault (#7) and Drop (#9) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Go, Docker |
| Latest release | v4.5.8 · 12 days ago |
| Stars | 152 |
| Open issues | 11 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | gameap/gameap ↗ |
GameAP vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with GameAP (Games - Administrative Utilities & Control Panels), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pelican Panel | 94 | 2.4k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Calagopus | 92 | 860 | MIT | yesterday |
| Crafty Controller | 90 | 255 | GPL-3.0 | 1 month ago |
| GameAP (this tool) | 89 | 152 | MIT | 12 days ago |
| LinuxGSM | 85 | 4.9k | MIT | 7 days ago |
| Pterodactyl | 61 | 9.4k | MIT | 9 days ago |
GameAP: common questions
Is GameAP still maintained?
GameAP had 80 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 12 days ago; the latest tagged release, v4.5.8, is from 12 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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