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.

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.
• Check for Palworld Dedicated Server updates and run SteamCMD upgrades after confirmation.
• Deploy a fresh dedicated server with SteamCMD.
• Import an existing server.
• Run multiple separate servers with their own folders, mods, and ports.
• Keep the server list unique when the same install is re-imported or restored.
• Switch servers, open a server folder in Explorer, unregister it, or unregister and delete its files.
• Choose where new server installs are stored, including another drive.
• Edit grouped World Settings from the browser, with aligned controls, guided dropdowns, and concrete low/high examples for common Palworld options.
• Manage Super Admin-only Launcher Options from their own sidebar page, including -useperfthreads, -NoAsyncLoadingThread, -UseMultithreadForDS, -publiclobby, and read-only Super Admin-derived -publicip/-publicport overrides.
• Start AutoPalExpress with Windows and bring the active server back online after a machine restart.
• Install and update UE4SS.
• Browse Nexus Mods without entering a personal API key.
• Install directly from Nexus when the super admin connects a Premium 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, Local API settings, Windows Firewall rules, public IP, and verified mod uploads from Super Admin.
• Run a bundled diagnostics command that checks the active server, local ports, firewall, REST API, and produces a support report.
• Switch the UI language from the top bar (English, Chinese Simplified, Japanese, German, French, Spanish) - each admin's choice is saved to their own account.

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. Enable Windows startup recovery in Settings if you want the server to come back after Windows updates or power loss.
6. Open the Mods page to install UE4SS and manage mods.
7. Invite trusted friends if you want help running 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.

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.

If you do not use direct install, 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.

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:

text
SHA256  PalworldServerAdmin-Setup.exe  6636805A7374892F3A9EE146CCF08C7461C3FE129BC396FB0C8F83933600B9DF

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

bash
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:

bash
cd web
npm install
npm run dev

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

Build the Windows installer</summary>

powershell
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:

text
%LOCALAPPDATA%\PalworldServerAdmin\data

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

Support

If something does not work and you are not sure why, run Diagnose AutoPalExpress from the Start Menu. It checks the active server setup, Palworld files, local game port, Windows Firewall, REST API access, and writes a report to:

text
%LOCALAPPDATA%\PalworldServerAdmin\diagnostics

If the report says local checks passed but outside players still cannot connect, the remaining cause is usually router forwarding, double NAT/CGNAT from the ISP, the wrong public IP, or an upstream firewall.

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