Pterodactyl v2 is out as an early alpha. We wrote a practical guide for hosts on what's in it and how to prepare.
What's new in v2
- An official Extension SDK: extend the panel through a versioned API instead of editing core files
- React 19, Tailwind 4 and Laravel 13, with the admin and client areas combined into one app
- A one-click egg importer and theming with design tokens
- Still free and MIT licensed
What it means for you
- There's no tagged release yet, so keep 1.x in production and test v2 on a separate machine
- 1.x will get security updates for about six months from now
- v2 requires PHP 8.3, so you can upgrade PHP on your 1.x panel now
- Addons and themes that edit core files will most certainly need a rewrite, so check with their developers
Using AlwaysMOTD, Security Scanner or Advanced Pterodactyl? They're built for 1.x, and we haven't announced v2 versions yet. Questions? Ask in the support channel.