First release
Windows
Servers run as normal programs. One installer sets up the panel, the node software and the database.
Features
What Consolry does that your panel doesn't
Four things that need the panel to understand Minecraft, and the basics every panel should already get right.
01
Install and update plugins without the file manager
Search Modrinth, Hangar and CurseForge from inside the panel. Dependencies come along automatically, and every update is backed up first.
ConsoleFilesPluginsConfigVersionsBackupsSchedulesUsers
- LuckPermsPermissions for players and groups5.5.0ModrinthUp to date
- EssentialsXHomes, warps, kits and chat basics2.20.1Modrinth
- GeyserLets Bedrock players join2.6.1HangarUp to date
- FloodgateAdded automatically with Geyser2.2.4HangarUp to date
- ViaVersionLets newer clients connect5.2.0Hangar
- WorldEditIn-game map editor7.3.9CurseForgeUp to date
02
Read a crash in one sentence
Consolry matches the stack trace to the plugin it came from and tells you what to do. It runs on your machine, so the log is never uploaded.
ConsoleFilesPluginsConfigVersionsBackupsSchedulesUsers
[14:02:11 INFO]: Loading plugins...[14:02:11 ERROR]: Could not load 'plugins/EssentialsXChat-2.21.0.jar'org.bukkit.plugin.UnknownDependencyException: Unknown/missing dependency plugins: [Essentials] at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.loadPlugins(SimplePluginManager.java:219) at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer.loadPlugins(CraftServer.java:507)
What happened
EssentialsX Chat didn't load because it needs EssentialsX, which isn't installed on this server.
03
Change settings in a form, not a YAML file
Plugin settings become a page that checks what you type. Before saving, you see exactly which lines will change.
ConsoleFilesPluginsConfigVersionsBackupsSchedulesUsers
EssentialsX · Homes
Teleport delay must be a whole number.
2 lines will change in config.yml
sethome-multiple:default: 3default: 5teleport-delay: 5teleport-delay: 3respawn-at-home: false
04
Switch server software without guessing
Move between Paper, Purpur, Fabric and NeoForge. Consolry fetches the build and the Java version it needs.
ConsoleFilesPluginsConfigVersionsBackupsSchedulesUsers
Server software
PaperPlugins, fastPurpurPaper with extrasFabricLightweight modsNeoForgeLarge modpacks
- Minecraft version
- 1.21.4 → 1.21.5
- Build
- Latest stable
- Java
- 21, downloaded for you
- Backup
- Taken before the switch
The basics
And everything a panel should already do
Consolry replaces your current panel, so the everyday tools are all here.
ConsoleFilesPluginsConfigVersionsBackupsSchedulesUsers
- CPU
- 34% of 4 cores
- Memory
- 3.1 of 6 GB
- Ticks per second
- 19.9 of 20
- Network
- 1.2 MB/s out
[18:40:02 INFO]: Mossy_Kat joined the game[18:40:31 INFO]: <Mossy_Kat> anyone at spawn?[18:41:10 WARN]: Can't keep up! Running 2100ms behind[18:42:55 INFO]: brickwren left the game[18:43:00 INFO]: Backup finished in 14s (212 MB)[18:44:19 INFO]: Mossy_Kat has made the advancement [Stone Age]
> whitelist add brickwren
- Console
- Search, filters by log level, command history and scrollback that survives a refresh.
- Files
- File manager and editor, drag-and-drop uploads, archive extract, and SFTP.
- Backups
- Manual and scheduled, local or off-site, and automatic before every change.
- Schedules
- Plain-language timing, such as every day at 4am.
- Users and roles
- Accounts, sub-users, built-in roles and two-factor login.
- API
- Everything the interface does, available to scripts with scoped keys.
Under the hood
How it's built
This is the design the first release is being built to.
You
Browser
The React interface, or your own scripts through the API.
HTTPS + WebSocket
One binary
Panel
Users, roles, schedules, backups and the game modules.
SQLite or PostgreSQL
HTTPS + WebSocket
Daemon, one per machine
Linux
Each server in its own container.
Windows
Each server as a normal process.
The stack
| Panel | Go, shipped as one binary with the React interface embedded. REST API with scoped keys. |
|---|---|
| Database | SQLite by default, so a home install is a single file. PostgreSQL for larger installs. |
| Daemon | Go, one per machine that hosts servers. Talks to the panel over HTTPS, with WebSocket for the live console. |
| Isolation on Linux | Each server runs in its own Docker container, with CPU, memory and disk limits. |
| Isolation on Windows | Each server runs as a normal process. Meant for your own servers, not for untrusted customers. |
| Game modules | Compiled into the panel. Minecraft is the first; the same interface becomes the public SDK. |
| Licence | The core will be released as open source under AGPL-3.0 at the first full release. Paid features ship as separate modules. |
Supported
What works in the first release, and what follows
| Area | First release | After |
|---|---|---|
| Server software | Paper, Purpur, Fabric, NeoForge | Forge, Velocity and BungeeCord proxies |
| Plugin and mod sources | Modrinth, Hangar, CurseForge | Manual upload for everything else, including SpigotMC |
| Backup targets | Local disk, S3-compatible storage | Retention rules, single-file restore |
| Operating systems | Windows, Linux | macOS, ARM |
| Databases | SQLite, PostgreSQL | |
| Login | Password, two-factor, single sign-on | Passkeys |
Day to day
What changes for the person running the server
JobTodayWith Consolry
Update a plugin
Find the download page, upload the jar over SFTP, delete the old one, restart, hope.
Click Update. A backup is taken first.
Work out a crash
Scroll through 400 lines of stack trace, then paste it into a Discord help channel.
Read one sentence that names the plugin.
Change a setting
Edit YAML by hand and find out on restart whether the indentation was right.
Fill in a form that checks what you type.
Move to a new version
Download the server jar and work out which Java it wants this time.
Pick the version. Java is chosen for you.
Host on your own PC
Install Docker and WSL, or rent a Linux box instead.
Run one Windows installer.
Platforms
Runs on the machine you already own
Mix Windows and Linux machines in the same panel.
First release
Linux
Servers run in containers, sealed off from each other. Safe for hosting other people's servers.
Later
macOS
For running a server at home or testing plugins.
Later
ARM
Raspberry Pi and ARM cloud servers.
Who gets what, and when
- Server ownersFewer broken updates, crash reports you can read, and settings pages instead of YAML.First release
- Home usersA Windows installer and a server your friends can join, with ports opened for you.First release, Consolry Home after
- Hosting companiesFewer support tickets, your own branding, and billing integrations.Later
- DevelopersA full API from day one, then a module SDK for adding games and pages.API first, SDK later