Crafty Controller

Spec sheet

What it does

Crafty Controller is a self-hosted web panel for launching and administering Minecraft servers.Read 20 Oct 2026 · craftycontrol.com

Purpose

Crafty Controller is a free, open-source Minecraft server launcher and manager with a self-hosted web interface.Read 28 Sep 2026 · craftycontrol.com

Platforms

The maker lists Docker, Linux, Windows, and macOS installations, and documents installation paths for UnRAID and CasaOS.Read 28 Sep 2026 · docs.craftycontrol.com

API

Crafty publishes an API v2 reference and links an OpenAPI specification for the endpoints.Read 20 Oct 2026 · docs.craftycontrol.com

Integrations

Server webhooks can send notifications to Slack, Mattermost, Discord, and Teams; the documentation notes provider rate limits can delay or lose notifications.Read 28 Sep 2026 · docs.craftycontrol.com

Security

The maker says Crafty uses Argon2 password hashing, defaults to an SSL certificate secured web server, and stores data locally on the self-hosted machine.Read 28 Sep 2026 · craftycontrol.com

Support

The maker offers free volunteer support through Discord and documents that untested operating system environments are not directly supported.Read 28 Sep 2026 · craftycontrol.com

License

Crafty Controller is released under the GNU General Public License v3, with source available for inspection and modification.Read 28 Sep 2026 · craftycontrol.com

Founded

LinkedIn lists Arcadia Technology, LLC as founded in 2022.Read 20 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

Access controls

Users can be assigned roles that limit access to selected servers and options such as commands, terminal, logs, backups, files, configuration, and player controls.Read 28 Sep 2026 · docs.craftycontrol.com

Authentication

The documentation includes setup guides for TOTP authentication and passkeys.Read 20 Oct 2026 · docs.craftycontrol.com

Backups

The interface includes server backup management and backup downloads.Read 20 Oct 2026 · craftycontrol.com

Company legal name

LinkedIn lists the maker as Arcadia Technology, LLC, a privately held software-development company.Read 20 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

Company size

LinkedIn reports Arcadia Technology, LLC has 11-50 employees.Read 20 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

Data location

The maker says Crafty is fully self-hosted and stores data locally on the user's machine.Read 20 Oct 2026 · craftycontrol.com

Docker deployment

Official Docker images are available from GitLab Registry and Docker Hub, with amd64 and arm64 support.Read 20 Oct 2026 · docs.craftycontrol.com

Docker security model

The official container runs as a non-root user and uses root-group permissions for mounted files.Read 20 Oct 2026 · docs.craftycontrol.com

Documentation depth

The documentation covers installation, reverse proxies, public status pages, user roles, authentication, server management, metrics, webhooks, API usage, troubleshooting and contributing.Read 20 Oct 2026 · docs.craftycontrol.com

File manager

Crafty includes browser-based viewing and editing of server files.Read 20 Oct 2026 · craftycontrol.com

Licence

The software is released under GNU General Public License version 3 according to the maker's site.Read 20 Oct 2026 · craftycontrol.com

Limit: backup capability

The Docker documentation says Crafty has no built-in backup/restore workflow for the installation itself, so users must back up mounted volumes manually or automate it.Read 20 Oct 2026 · docs.craftycontrol.com

Limit: first-login confusion

Reddit users report confusion and failures around locating or using the generated first-login credentials.Read 20 Oct 2026 · reddit.com

Limit: no SFTP

Reddit users identify the lack of straightforward SFTP access as a recurring limitation for editing server files externally.Read 20 Oct 2026 · reddit.com

Limit: startup failures

A Reddit support thread reports Crafty becoming unreachable after a power event because of a corrupted session lock file; another user reports log flooding and disk exhaustion.Read 20 Oct 2026 · reddit.com

Limit: Windows Docker

The maker warns against Docker Desktop or WSL on Windows because volume-permission problems may irreparably damage Minecraft world chunks.Read 20 Oct 2026 · docs.craftycontrol.com

Maker identity

The official site identifies Arcadia Technology as the organization developing Crafty Controller.Read 20 Oct 2026 · craftycontrol.com

Minecraft compatibility

The documentation says Crafty is tested with Minecraft Java versions 1.8 through the latest release and can run Bedrock executables.Read 20 Oct 2026 · docs.craftycontrol.com

Mobile access

Crafty's mobile app is a progressive web app, and most features require a CA-verifiable certificate; remote access may require port forwarding and a reverse proxy.Read 28 Sep 2026 · docs.craftycontrol.com

Mobile delivery

The mobile experience is a beta Progressive Web App installed from Safari or Chrome rather than a separately documented native store app.Read 20 Oct 2026 · docs.craftycontrol.com

Mobile limitation

The PWA requires a CA-verifiable signed certificate and an externally reachable Crafty instance for most features to work.Read 20 Oct 2026 · docs.craftycontrol.com

Monitoring

The documentation lists Open-Metrics (Prometheus) among its server management features.Read 28 Sep 2026 · docs.craftycontrol.com

Notable update

SpigotMC records Crafty Controller 4.11.0 as adding Hytale server support and Java 25 support in its Docker image, with the release dated September 28, 2026.Read 20 Oct 2026 · spigotmc.org

Player management

Crafty provides tools to manage Minecraft players from its interface.Read 20 Oct 2026 · craftycontrol.com

Praise: community responsiveness

AlternativeTo reviewers repeatedly praise the active developer and responsive Discord support.Read 20 Oct 2026 · alternativeto.net

Praise: ease of setup

AlternativeTo reviewers repeatedly describe Crafty as easy to install, intuitive and simple to manage.Read 20 Oct 2026 · alternativeto.net

Praise: low resource use

A Reddit administrator reports that Crafty was simple to deploy on Linux, easy to use and light on VM resources.Read 20 Oct 2026 · reddit.com

Praise: openness and limits

AlternativeTo reviewers praise its open-source model and report no player or server limits.Read 20 Oct 2026 · alternativeto.net

Prometheus integration

OpenMetrics endpoints expose global, host and per-server statistics for Prometheus and Grafana monitoring.Read 20 Oct 2026 · docs.craftycontrol.com

Rating on SpigotMC

4.1 out of 5 from 10 ratingsRead 20 Oct 2026 · spigotmc.org

Remote commands

Administrators can issue server commands through the web interface.Read 20 Oct 2026 · craftycontrol.com

Security defaults

Crafty states that it uses Argon2 password hashing and starts with an SSL certificate-secured web server.Read 20 Oct 2026 · craftycontrol.com

Server creation

The panel lets administrators create and run multiple servers, including servers on different Minecraft versions.Read 20 Oct 2026 · craftycontrol.com

Server management

The panel lets users create and run servers, manage players, run commands, change settings, manage files, and make backups.Read 28 Sep 2026 · craftycontrol.com

Server settings

The product exposes server configuration controls through the panel.Read 20 Oct 2026 · craftycontrol.com

Supported operating systems

The support matrix lists full support for Windows 11, macOS 11-13, Debian 12-13, Ubuntu 22.04/23.10/24.04/24.10, Fedora 39-40, Arch, Manjaro, Mint, PopOS, Raspberry Pi OS, Rocky Linux and Zorin, with Docker and Unraid image-specific support.Read 20 Oct 2026 · docs.craftycontrol.com

Webhook extensibility

Webhook payloads support Jinja2 rendering with server, event, timestamp and backup variables.Read 20 Oct 2026 · docs.craftycontrol.com

Webhook integrations

Server webhooks can notify Slack, Mattermost, Discord and Microsoft Teams, with configurable event triggers and message templates.Read 20 Oct 2026 · docs.craftycontrol.com

Plans and prices

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Where Specifiction places it

• Minecraft Server Control Panels#2 of 268.8
• Game server management panels#1 of 89.0