PufferPanel
Game server management panel designed for both small networks and game server providers.
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Still maintained? Yes: 19 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v3.0.9 (Jul 2026).
At a glance
PufferPanel quick facts
- Health score
- 70/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 1,765
- Last commit
- 5 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v3.0.9, Jul 2026
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
Top alternatives to PufferPanel
In its own words
The project's README opens: "PufferPanel is a web-based Game Server Management System. PufferPanel allows you to manage multiple different game servers all from one central location. You can give other users their own servers or allow them to access to your servers."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
PufferPanel scores 70/100, #13 of 20 in Games - Administrative Utilities & Control Panels: 19 commits in the last 90 days earn 22.2 of 35 points, the latest release (v3.0.9, 4 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,765 stars add 13.0 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 commit activity, worth 12.8 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 22.2 / 35
19 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v3.0.9 released 4 months ago
- Stars 13.0 / 20
1.8k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 19
- Last 90 days
- 98
- Last 12 months
- 5 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #13 of 20 tools in Games - Administrative Utilities & Control Panels by health , between Gaseous Server (#12) and Retrom (#14) .
Details
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Platforms | Go |
| Latest release | v3.0.9 · 4 months ago |
| Stars | 1,765 |
| Open issues | 119 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | pufferpanel/pufferpanel ↗ |
PufferPanel vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with PufferPanel (Games - Administrative Utilities & Control Panels), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunshine | 99 | 43k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| RomM | 97 | 14k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Calagopus | 92 | 860 | MIT | yesterday |
| GameAP | 89 | 152 | MIT | 12 days ago |
| PufferPanel (this tool) | 70 | 1.8k | Apache-2.0 | 5 days ago |
| Pterodactyl | 61 | 9.4k | MIT | 9 days ago |
PufferPanel: common questions
Is PufferPanel still maintained?
PufferPanel had 19 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 5 days ago; the latest tagged release, v3.0.9, is from 4 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.