LinuxGSM
CLI tool for deployment and management of dedicated game servers on Linux: more than 120 games are supported.
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Still maintained? Yes: 118 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v26.4.0 (Oct 2026).
At a glance
LinuxGSM quick facts
- Health score
- 85/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 4,915
- Last commit
- 7 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v26.4.0, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "LinuxGSM is the command-line tool for quick, simple deployment and management of Linux dedicated game servers."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
LinuxGSM scores 85/100, #10 of 20 in Games - Administrative Utilities & Control Panels: 118 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v26.4.0, 12 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 4,915 stars add 14.8 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
118 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v26.4.0 released 12 days ago
- Stars 14.8 / 20
4.9k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 118
- Last 90 days
- 192
- Last 12 months
- 7 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #10 of 20 tools in Games - Administrative Utilities & Control Panels by health , between Drop (#9) and SourceBans++ (#11) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Shell |
| Latest release | v26.4.0 · 12 days ago |
| Stars | 4,915 |
| Open issues | 249 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | GameServerManagers/LinuxGSM ↗ |
LinuxGSM vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with LinuxGSM (Games - Administrative Utilities & Control Panels), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RomM | 97 | 14k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Pelican Panel | 94 | 2.4k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Calagopus | 92 | 860 | MIT | yesterday |
| Ownfoil | 92 | 950 | AGPL-3.0 | 3 days ago |
| GameAP | 89 | 152 | MIT | 12 days ago |
| LinuxGSM (this tool) | 85 | 4.9k | MIT | 7 days ago |
LinuxGSM: common questions
Is LinuxGSM still maintained?
LinuxGSM had 118 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 7 days ago; the latest tagged release, v26.4.0, is from 12 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.