Pelican Panelvssglang
Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.
| Pelican Panel | sglang | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 64/100 | 86/100 |
| Rank in category | #13 of 62 in Game Servers | #4 of 25 in LLM Inference |
| GitHub stars | 2 412 | 38 314 |
| Stars, last 30 days | +82 | +1 932 |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 0 | 17 |
| Latest release | — | v0.5.22 · 15 Oct 2026 |
| Setup | Moderate | Advanced |
| Official Docker image | Yes | Yes |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Main language | PHP | Python |
Which one should you pick?
sglang scores 86/100 against 64/100 for Pelican Panel, so it is the safer default.
sglang ships more often: 17 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Pelican Panel.
If you want the quickest setup, Pelican Panel is easier to run; sglang needs more configuration.
sglang is growing faster right now (+1 932 stars in 30 days).
Pelican Panel details →sglang details →