Pelican Panel

Spec sheet

Purpose

Pelican is a free game server control panel for managing game servers through a web interface.Read 4 Oct 2026 · pelican.dev

Security

Pelican’s homepage says it natively supports SSL, two-factor authentication, and AES-256 encryption.Read 4 Oct 2026 · pelican.dev

APIs

Pelican documents an Application API for server configuration and a Client API for features users normally interact with.Read 4 Oct 2026 · pelican.dev

Backup integrations

Server backups can use local storage through Wings or AWS S3-compatible storage for remote backups.Read 4 Oct 2026 · pelican.dev

Beta status

The documentation says Pelican is currently in beta and that things may change or break between beta versions.Read 4 Oct 2026 · pelican.dev

Docker isolation

Each game server runs in its own Docker container, which Pelican describes as isolated.Read 4 Oct 2026 · pelican.dev

Games

The site names Minecraft, Terraria, Palworld, Valheim, Enshrouded, and Factorio among the supported games.Read 4 Oct 2026 · pelican.dev

Installation

The panel is designed to run on a webserver and its setup includes a web installer.Read 4 Oct 2026 · pelican.dev

Login protection

The panel can enable CAPTCHA on its login page to help protect against brute-force attacks, with Cloudflare Turnstile listed as the default option.Read 4 Oct 2026 · pelican.dev

Open source

Pelican says its code is open source on GitHub and the panel is free to use forever.Read 4 Oct 2026 · pelican.dev

Setup prerequisite

The getting-started guide says users should have basic familiarity with Linux before proceeding.Read 4 Oct 2026 · pelican.dev

Supported server operating systems

The Wings documentation lists supported Ubuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, and CentOS versions.Read 4 Oct 2026 · pelican.dev

Supported webservers

The documentation lists Apache, NGINX, and Caddy as supported webservers.Read 4 Oct 2026 · pelican.dev

Windows limitation

Pelican’s Wings software does not work on Windows operating systems.Read 4 Oct 2026 · pelican.dev

Plans and prices

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Where Specifiction places it

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