AutoPalExpress

AutoPalExpress is a Windows desktop app for running your own Palworld Dedicated Server without living in command windows, config files, firewall menus, and mod folders.

It opens in your browser, but it runs on your own PC. You stay in control of the server, while trusted friends can get their own admin accounts to help with day-to-day server tasks.

Important

AutoPalExpress is built for private servers and trusted friend groups. It is not meant to be exposed publicly to random users.

Screenshots

Dashboard	Mods

Super Admin	Logs

What It Helps With

If you just want to host a Palworld server for friends, AutoPalExpress handles the annoying parts:

• Start, stop, restart, and save the real Palworld server.
• Deploy a fresh dedicated server with SteamCMD.
• Import an existing server.
• Run multiple separate servers with their own folders, mods, and ports.
• Edit world settings from the browser.
• Install and update UE4SS.
• Browse Nexus Mods without entering a personal API key.
• Enable, disable, reorder, and remove mods.
• View players, kick players, and ban players through Palworld's REST API.
• Monitor Dashboard CPU, RAM, players, uptime, and REST-backed server metrics.
• Schedule backups and restarts.
• Create invite codes so friends can help administer the server.
• Manage ports, Windows Firewall rules, public IP, and verified mod uploads from Super Admin.

Tip

The first account created becomes the super admin. Make sure that account belongs to the person hosting the server.

Quick Start

1. Download PalworldServerAdmin-Setup.exe from the release page.
2. Run the installer.
3. Create the super admin account.
4. Deploy a new server or import one you already have.
5. Open the Mods page to install UE4SS and manage mods.
6. Invite trusted friends if you want help running the server.

Note

The Palworld Dedicated Server downloads anonymously through SteamCMD. A Steam account is not required just to deploy the server.

Remote Access And Security

AutoPalExpress uses regular HTTP by default so setup can stay simple: no domain, certificate, reverse proxy, or manual browser-trust steps.

Caution

If you port-forward the admin panel, login details and session cookies are not encrypted over the internet. Only invite people you trust, never post invite codes publicly, and do not treat the panel like a public website.

Tip

For safer remote access, use something like Tailscale, ZeroTier, a VPN, or a reverse proxy with real HTTPS.

Warning

Do not port-forward Palworld's REST API port directly. AutoPalExpress talks to it locally on the server PC; friends should use the AutoPalExpress panel, not the raw Palworld REST API.

Nexus Mods

AutoPalExpress browses Palworld mod metadata through Nexus Mods' public GraphQL API, so browsing does not require anyone to paste a personal Nexus API key.

Note

One-click automatic Nexus downloads are paused for the public release while AutoPalExpress follows Nexus Mods' registered app/OAuth process.

Download files on Nexus Mods, then use Install From File in Super Admin. AutoPalExpress checks the uploaded file's exact hash against Nexus' catalog before installing it.

Logs And Windows

The app intentionally leaves command windows visible:

• The AutoPalExpress console window shows the app running.
• The Palworld server window shows the dedicated server running.
• The Logs page shows AutoPalExpress output and server activity side by side.

Warning

Palworld's own server-window text cannot currently be mirrored into the browser. The game does not expose that text as normal stdout or a log file, so the real Palworld window stays visible separately.

What Is Real

Most of the app is wired to the real machine and real server:

• Server process control is real.
• Multi-server management is real.
• Player roster, kick, and ban are real through Palworld's REST API.
• Dashboard CPU and RAM are read from the selected server's Palworld processes.
• Scheduled backups and restarts are real.
• World Settings edits the real PalWorldSettings.ini.
• Mods and UE4SS install to disk.
• Super Admin networking tools affect real ports and Windows Firewall rules.
• Logs show real AutoPalExpress output and real activity events.

Current limitations

• Whisper and teleport are shown as UI concepts only. Palworld's REST API does not provide per-player whisper or teleport commands.
• Stop/restart use Palworld's REST shutdown path first, then clean up the local Windows process if needed.
• The active server selection is shared by everyone using the panel.
• AutoPalExpress manages the UE4SS Mods folder, not Palworld's separate pak-mod system.
• Windows SmartScreen may warn because the installer is not code-signed yet.

Installer Verification

After building a release, publish the SHA-256 checksum beside the installer so users can verify the file.

Current release build:

SHA256  PalworldServerAdmin-Setup.exe  D4E6ADF01C1A172E8172C4C225556901B516A8DA5406890151BA03BC333EEA1A

Important

If the installer is rebuilt, the checksum changes. Update this section and installer_output/CHECKSUMS.txt after every release build.

For Developers

Run from source

python -m venv .venv
# Windows PowerShell:
# .venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
pip install -r requirements.txt
python Palworld_Server.py

Run the frontend separately in development:

cd web
npm install
npm run dev

The Vite dev server proxies /api/* to the backend.

Build the Windows installer

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\build_installer.ps1

Outputs:

• dist/PalworldServerAdmin.exe
• installer_output/PalworldServerAdmin-Setup.exe

Where Data Is Stored

When installed, app data is stored under:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\PalworldServerAdmin\data

This includes server registry data, users, sessions, invites, and mod records.

Support

Use the GitHub issues page or the release/community post where you found the download.