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.

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IMPORTANT

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

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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.

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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. 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.

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New to the app? Follow the screenshot walkthrough in [Getting Started With AutoPalExpress](GETTING_STARTED.md).

NOTE

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

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Run the same installer again to update or repair AutoPalExpress. If your existing app data is still present, setup keeps your server list and admin account and skips the first-time questions.

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.

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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

Direct Nexus installs require the super admin to save a Nexus API key with Premium download access. Browsing still works without a 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.

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.
• Server update checks and upgrades are real SteamCMD operations against the active server.
• Multi-server management is real.
• Server-instance cleanup is real: duplicate records are deduped by folder, normal Remove leaves files alone, and Remove and Delete deletes the registered server folder after the server is stopped.
• Fresh server deployments can use AutoPalExpress' default storage folder or a super-admin-selected install location.
• Launcher Options controls real per-server launch options: -useperfthreads, -NoAsyncLoadingThread, -UseMultithreadForDS, -publiclobby, and optional -publicip/-publicport overrides that read their values from Super Admin.
• Direct Nexus installs and verified manual file installs are real.
• Player roster, kick, and ban are real through Palworld's REST API, with the app normalizing Palworld's current player fields before showing the roster.
• If a server has REST enabled but an empty Admin Password, starting it through AutoPalExpress fills one in so REST-backed controls can authenticate.
• Dashboard CPU and RAM are read from the selected server's Palworld processes.
• Scheduled backups and restarts are real.
• Windows startup recovery is real: the app can start at sign-in and restart the active server.
• 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.

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SHA256  PalworldServerAdmin-Setup.exe  6636805A7374892F3A9EE146CCF08C7461C3FE129BC396FB0C8F83933600B9DF

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

bash
cd web
npm install
npm run dev

powershell
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\build_installer.ps1

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%LOCALAPPDATA%\PalworldServerAdmin\data

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%LOCALAPPDATA%\PalworldServerAdmin\diagnostics