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coolify-mcpvsPelican Panel

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

coolify-mcpPelican Panel
Score51/10064/100
Rank in category#14 of 27 in Server Management#13 of 62 in Game Servers
GitHub stars6172 413
Stars, last 30 days—+83
Stable releases, 12 months220
Latest releasev3.9.0 · 2 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptPHP

Which one should you pick?

Pelican Panel scores 64/100 against 51/100 for coolify-mcp, so it is the safer default.

coolify-mcp ships more often: 22 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Pelican Panel.

If you want the quickest setup, coolify-mcp is easier to run; Pelican Panel needs more configuration.

Pelican Panel is growing faster right now (+83 stars in 30 days).

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