Welcome to Hydrodactyl

Hydrodactyl is the Pterodactyl-based game server management panel that focuses on performance enhancements, a reimagined, accessible interface, and top-tier developer experience. Builds faster, compiles smaller: Hydrodactyl is the world's best Pterodactyl.

Changes from vanilla Pterodactyl

• Smaller bundle sizes: Hydrodactyl is built using Vite, and significant design changes mean Hydrodactyl's initial download size is over 170 times smaller than leading Pterodactyl forks, including Pelican.
• Faster build times: Hydrodactyl completes builds in milliseconds with the power of Turbo. Cold builds with zero cache finish in under 7 seconds.
• Faster loading times: Hydrodactyl's load times are, on average, over 16 times faster than other closed-source Pterodactyl forks and Pelican. Smarter code splitting and chunking means that pages you visit in the panel only load necessary resources on demand. Better caching means that everything is simply snappy.
• More secure: Hydrodactyl's modern architecture means most severe and easily exploitable CVEs simply do not exist. We have also implemented SRI and integrity checks for production builds.
• More accessible: Hydrodactyl and Blueprint believe that gaming should be easily available for everyone. Hydrodactyl builds with the latest Web accessibility guidelines in mind. Hydrodactyl is entirely keyboard-navigable, even context menus, and screen-readers are easily compatible.
• More approachable: Hydrodactyl's friendly, approachable interface means that anyone can confidently run a game server.

Quick Start

For existing Pterodactyl Docker users, you can quickly switch to Hydrodactyl by updating your panel image:

-image: ghcr.io/pterodactyl/panel:latest
+image: ghcr.io/blueprintframework/hydrodactyl:latest

License

Pterodactyl® Copyright 2015 - 2022 Dane Everitt and contributors.

Hydrodactyl™ Copyright 2025 BlueprintFramework. Hydrodactyl. and contributors.

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