wtf is palworld-server-hub?

This project is a toolkit for people who run their own Palworld game servers. Palworld is a survival game, and server owners often want a way to see what is happening on their server without digging through raw data. This tool gives them a dashboard for that. Under the hood, it is built with Django, a Python framework for building web applications. The dashboard connects to the Palworld dedicated server's own REST API, which is a way for programs to talk to the game server and pull out information such as who is online, server settings, and performance metrics. The toolkit shows that information in a web page, and it also includes an early version of a live map that shows player and world locations using cached map tiles and icons stored locally. The author is upfront that this is an early, experimental, community learning project rather than a finished admin panel. Expect some rough edges and incomplete pieces. There are also plans to eventually read save files directly so the dashboard could show persisted information like guilds, bases, and creature locations, though that part is not built yet. A notable detail is that some map tiles and icons included in the project were not created by the author, and are shared only for educational, non-commercial purposes, with a promise to remove them if the rights holder asks. To run it locally, you set up a Python virtual environment, install the listed dependencies, copy an example environment file and fill in your Palworld server's API address and login details, then start the Django server. The author also warns that the Palworld REST API itself should stay on a private network rather than being exposed to the public internet, since this toolkit is meant to read from it, not secure it. This is a good starting point for anyone who wants to learn Django by building on top of an existing game server integration, or who runs a small Palworld server and wants basic visibility into it.