From a hosting company
to FeatherPanel.
We started as a hosting company in 2021. Existing panels got in the way, so we kept rebuilding until the result was FeatherPanel.
Our Mission
Hosting tools should not
cost a fortune or take a week to set up.
We did not start as a software company. We started as MythicalNodes, a game server hosting company in 2021. We were operators first, dealing with the same broken panels and tooling that every small host deals with.
So we fixed it. We forked ShadowsDash, rebuilt it into MythicalDash, then threw out the inherited complexity and started again with MythicalCore and FeatherPanel.
We build for the person who runs a community game server, the solo operator with a VPS fleet, and the small hosting provider who needs solid tooling without enterprise pricing.
MythicalSystems Studios LLC is the company behind FeatherPanel. MythicalSystems also operates as a nonprofit project fiscally sponsored through HCB (Hack Club) for open-source and donation-funded work.
How We Think
How we decide
what to ship.
Code on GitHub and published benchmarks matter more than a wall slogan.
Open source
FeatherPanel stays under AGPL-3.0. Full source, no feature gates, no paywalled modules. Fork it, audit it, build on it.
Performance matters
We track response time, install size, and idle CPU. Those numbers affect how we choose features and dependencies.
Built for providers
We build for people who run many clients and servers. The UI stays usable, the API stays complete, and the ops footprint stays small.
Security in the core
XChaCha20, 2FA, audit logs, CSRF protection. These are defaults, not an enterprise upsell.
One panel, three workloads
Game servers, VMs, and web hosting from one login, one dashboard, and one API instead of five separate panels.
Community input
Many features started as GitHub issues or Discord feedback. The roadmap follows what operators ask for.
The Team
Who ships
FeatherPanel.
A small core team and a larger open-source community.
NaysKutzu
Founder & Lead Developer
Started MythicalNodes in 2021 as a game server hosting company. Frustrated by existing panels, forked ShadowsDash, rebuilt it as MythicalDash, then started again from scratch creating FeatherPanel and the MythicalCore framework.
MythicalSystems Studios
Company & nonprofit
MythicalSystems Studios LLC ships FeatherPanel and related products. Open-source and donation work also runs through MythicalSystems as an HCB fiscally sponsored nonprofit.
FeatherPanel Community
Open-Source Contributors
A growing community of developers, hosting providers, and power users contributing plugins, translations, bug reports, and feature ideas.
Our Story
From a hosting company
to an open-source platform.
MythicalNodes A Hosting Company
It started as a business, not a codebase. NaysKutzu founded MythicalNodes as a game server hosting company, running servers for clients and quickly learning what was broken about the existing tooling.
MythicalNodes A Hosting Company
It started as a business, not a codebase. NaysKutzu founded MythicalNodes as a game server hosting company, running servers for clients and quickly learning what was broken about the existing tooling.
Forking ShadowsDash
Unhappy with available panels, the team forked ShadowsDash (an open-source Pterodactyl dashboard) and started iterating. The goal was simple: make it faster, cleaner, and less painful to operate.
Forking ShadowsDash
Unhappy with available panels, the team forked ShadowsDash (an open-source Pterodactyl dashboard) and started iterating. The goal was simple: make it faster, cleaner, and less painful to operate.
MythicalDash Takes Over
The fork had grown far from the original and became its own project: MythicalDash. Hosts used it in production, which confirmed the idea was worth continuing.
MythicalDash Takes Over
The fork had grown far from the original and became its own project: MythicalDash. Hosts used it in production, which confirmed the idea was worth continuing.
Starting From Scratch MythicalCore
MythicalDash showed what was possible, but the architecture had limits. A full rewrite began alongside MythicalCore, an internal framework aimed at performance and a small dependency footprint.
Starting From Scratch MythicalCore
MythicalDash showed what was possible, but the architecture had limits. A full rewrite began alongside MythicalCore, an internal framework aimed at performance and a small dependency footprint.
FeatherPanel Takes Shape
Built on MythicalCore, the project became FeatherPanel: one panel for game server management, Proxmox virtualization, and web hosting.
FeatherPanel Takes Shape
Built on MythicalCore, the project became FeatherPanel: one panel for game server management, Proxmox virtualization, and web hosting.
v1.0 Ships Publicly
FeatherPanel v1.0 launched with game server management, a plugin system, and the current UI.
v1.0 Ships Publicly
FeatherPanel v1.0 launched with game server management, a plugin system, and the current UI.
Game, VPS, and web
FeatherPanel adds Proxmox virtualization and a web hosting module so game, VM, and web sit in one panel.
NowGame, VPS, and web
FeatherPanel adds Proxmox virtualization and a web hosting module so game, VM, and web sit in one panel.
NowOpen Source
Full source under
AGPL-3.0.
FeatherPanel is released under the AGPL-3.0 license. The panel, daemon, and related modules are public on GitHub: auditable and forkable.
Self-hosted installs get the full product. There is no separate community edition with features stripped out.
Public repositories
The panel, daemon, and official plugins are on GitHub for inspection, contribution, and forking.
Plugin SDK
Build and publish plugins. The marketplace lists community addons you can install from the panel.
Community input
Feature requests, bug reports, and PRs are reviewed by the core team. Many shipped features started that way.
AGPL-3.0
Copyleft license. If you distribute a modified network service based on FeatherPanel, share your changes under the same terms.