Pyrodactyl
Pyrodactyl is the Pterodactyl-based game server panel that's faster, smaller, safer, and more accessible than Pelican.
Overview
Pyrodactyl is a game server management panel based on Pterodactyl, designed to provide performance enhancements, an accessible interface, and an improved developer experience. It boasts faster build times, smaller bundle sizes, enhanced security features, and better accessibility. Users can install Pyrodactyl on Linux following specific steps, while efforts are underway to make it compatible with Windows for production environments.
Features
- Smaller Bundle Sizes: Pyrodactyl utilizes Vite and re-architects the application to reduce initial download size over 170 times compared to other leading Pterodactyl forks.
- Faster Build Times: Powered by Turbo, Pyrodactyl completes builds in milliseconds, with cold builds finishing in under 7 seconds.
- Faster Loading Times: Pages load over 16 times faster due to smarter code splitting and chunking, enhancing the user experience.
- Enhanced Security: Modern architecture minimizes exploitable vulnerabilities, while implementing SRI and integrity checks for production builds.
- Accessibility: Built with Web accessibility guidelines, Pyrodactyl is keyboard-navigable and screen-reader compatible for a wider audience.
- Approachable Interface: User-friendly design ensures that even beginners can confidently manage game servers with Pyrodactyl.
Running Pyrodactyl
Prerequisites:
- Latest LTS version of NodeJS
- npm (npm i -g pnpm)
- Turbo (pnpm i -g turbo)
- Git
- Linux
- React
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