selfhost.directory

The index of self-hostable projects — ranked, categorized and served with live updates.
Own your data and stop giving it to big tech.

MechonvsPyrodactyl

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

MechonPyrodactyl
Score45/10049/100
Rank in category#10 of 10 in Control Panel#34 of 62 in Game Servers
GitHub stars290887
Stars, last 30 days—+-1
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseMITApache-2.0
Main languageRustPHP

Which one should you pick?

Pyrodactyl scores 49/100 against 45/100 for Mechon, so it is the safer default.

If you want the quickest setup, Pyrodactyl is easier to run; Mechon needs more configuration.

Swap a project

Keep Mechon, compare it with
Keep Pyrodactyl, compare it with