Pelican Panel Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Pelican Panel hosting gives you the control panel for a game server host on your own domain. Deploy Pelican Panel v1.0.0-beta38 as a game server control panel in one pinned container with embedded SQLite, a generated administrator password and HTTPS, in minutes, with nothing to assemble. This install is the panel only: you connect remote Wings nodes to run the game servers.

Deploy your Pelican Panel

No terminal
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What is Pelican Panel?

Pelican Panel is a free, open-source game server control panel built for communities, hosts and self-hosters. Upstream describes a modern web UI for creating and managing game servers, with each server running in an isolated Docker container through Wings, and positions it as a modern alternative in the Pterodactyl ecosystem. A self-hosted Pelican Panel replaces renting a game server host's panel, with the code under AGPL-3.0.

On xCloud it is Pelican Panel v1.0.0-beta38, a beta release, from the official image pinned by digest, as a single container with SQLite on the pelican_data volume. xCloud generates the administrator password and serves the panel over HTTPS. The template runs no game servers, exposes no game ports and preloads no eggs, so you add Wings nodes elsewhere.

From Sign-Up to a Live Pelican Panel In Just 3 Easy Steps

A Pelican install needs the panel container, its database, a first administrator, a domain and a certificate before you can add a node. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Pelican Panel from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server; the install form has no fields.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We start ghcr.io/pelican/panel:v1.0.0-beta38, pinned by digest, with SQLite on the pelican_data volume, finish Pelican's setup, generate the admin password and publish the panel over HTTPS. First boot takes about two minutes.
Step 03
Sign In And Add A Node
Sign in at /admin as admin with the generated password, then change the email and password. Import the eggs you need and add a remote Wings node that can reach the panel URL; no eggs come preloaded.

Everything Pelican Panel Does, On Your Own Server

Pelican Panel runs here as the panel half of the stack, with your configuration on a server you control.

Web UI For Game Servers
Create and manage game servers from a modern web interface, with each server running in its own Docker container on a Wings node.
Eggs For Many Games
Eggs define how a game runs. Upstream lists Minecraft, SteamCMD titles such as Palworld and ARK, and standalone games such as Terraria.
Remote Wings Nodes
Wings runs the game servers on separate hosts. Add nodes from the panel; they must be able to reach your panel URL.
Admin Account Ready At Install
The template completes setup for you and closes the web installer, so there is no public setup window and /installer returns 404.
Embedded SQLite, One Container
PHP-FPM, the queue worker, the scheduler and the web server run in one container, with the database, cache and sessions inside pelican_data.
Mail Off Until You Add It
Mail uses the log mailer by default. Uncomment a complete MAIL_ block in the Environment editor to send email.

Everything You Need To Run Your Game Panel 24/7

Managed hosting for Pelican Panel, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

Pelican Panel v1.0.0-beta38 deployed instantly
Image pinned by digest
Admin password generated for you
Web installer closed at install
Free SSL certificate
Panel data on a persistent volume
Server backups and snapshots
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Pelican Panel

Run a game server community from one panel
Give your community one web interface for creating and managing its game servers across several Wings nodes.
Host game servers for friends or customers
Create servers from imported eggs, each running in its own isolated Docker container on a Wings node.
Spread servers across several machines
Add a Wings node per host and manage them all from one panel on your Cloud VPS.
Try Pelican before moving from Pterodactyl
Stand up a separate panel to compare it with your current setup, since Pelican sits in the Pterodactyl ecosystem.

Pelican Panel vs Alternatives

Game server hosting panels: As a self-hosted alternative to game server hosting panels, Pelican Panel lets you run the panel yourself while your own Wings nodes host the servers.
Pterodactyl: Pterodactyl has its own OneClick page. In a Pelican Panel vs Pterodactyl comparison, upstream presents Pelican as a modern alternative within the Pterodactyl ecosystem.
Wings nodes: Wings is not a replacement: it is the daemon that runs each game server in a Docker container. Pelican Panel on xCloud manages nodes you add yourself.
Running servers by hand: Without a panel you start each game server yourself. The panel adds a web UI, users and eggs for each supported game.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for Pelican Panel hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if the panel shares the server with other apps.

59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. Pelican Panel is licensed under AGPL-3.0.

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Priced per connected server, so your rate adjusts automatically as you add or remove servers. You pay your own provider for the server itself.

Self-managed hosting

Ready To Run Your Own Game Panel?

Pelican Panel on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Your panel, your nodes, your players.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Does the Pelican Panel template run game servers?

No. This install is the panel only. Game servers run on remote Wings nodes that you add from the panel, and the template exposes no game ports. Wings nodes must be able to reach your panel URL.

What are Wings nodes in Pelican?

Wings is Pelican's daemon, installed on a separate host, that runs each game server in an isolated Docker container. You add a node in the panel, and the panel then creates and manages servers on it.

Can you self-host Pelican Panel with Docker?

Yes. Pelican ships an official image, and this template is Pelican Panel Docker hosting without the setup: the v1.0.0-beta38 image pinned by digest, a data volume, a generated admin password and HTTPS on your own domain.

How much RAM does Pelican Panel need?

The manifest floor is 512 MB of RAM, a single core and 5 GB of disk, since the panel runs in one container with SQLite. Game servers run elsewhere, so the 6 GB plan leaves ample room.

What is the difference between Pelican and Pterodactyl?

Upstream describes Pelican as a modern alternative in the Pterodactyl ecosystem, with Docker-isolated game servers through Wings. Compare features and migration needs yourself, because this page makes no claim about feature parity or about migrating between the two.

Which games does Pelican support?

Upstream supports many games through eggs, listing Minecraft variants, SteamCMD games such as Palworld and ARK, and standalone games such as Terraria. No eggs are preloaded here, so import the ones you need from the Eggs page after you sign in.

Is Pelican Panel open source?

Yes. Pelican Panel's code is published under AGPL-3.0, so licensing is free. You pay for the Cloud VPS, which makes this a Pelican Panel cloud of your own. This release is a beta, so expect change between versions.

How do I sign in to Pelican Panel?

Open /admin as admin, or with admin@your-domain, using the generated password from the installation credentials. Then change the email and password in your profile; the generated values are only used when the panel first starts.

How do I back up Pelican Panel?

Back up the pelican_data volume, which holds the panel .env including APP_KEY, the SQLite database, avatars, icons and plugins. Losing APP_KEY makes encrypted data unreadable, so keep a copy of it. Never run docker compose down -v on this site.

Backup and restore Docker apps

How do I upgrade Pelican Panel?

The install stays on its pinned v1.0.0-beta38 image until you adopt a newer template version. Back up the data volume first and read the upstream release notes. Catalog updates reach new installs only, never existing sites.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.