Wipe day shouldn't feel like a second job.

Yes. RustPanel connects to any Rust server over WebRCON — the same protocol every RCON tool uses. If you can point an IP, port, and RCON password at it, it works: Rust server hosting providers like Shockbyte or GTX, a dedicated box, or a VPS you manage yourself. Plugin management and wipe automation also use your host's SFTP/FTP — including multi-server gateways like Shockbyte's, which we support out of the box.

Arm it and RustPanel runs your scheduled wipe end to end: countdown announcements in-game and to Discord (from 24 hours out), a clean world save and shutdown at wipe time, deletion of the map — and blueprint files if that's your policy — over your host's file access, then it waits for your host to boot the server, verifies the fresh map, and announces it's live. There's a dry-run mode that walks every step without touching anything, an abort button during the countdown, and a step-by-step audit log for every run. The map seed comes from your host panel's startup settings — change it there any time before the wipe for a new layout.

Each player is scored from signals your server already sees — K/D with a minimum sample size, kill rate, how quickly they started dominating after joining — combined with Steam account intel: account age, VAC and game bans, days since last ban, and profile visibility. High scores surface on a Worth Watching list with plain-English reasons like “Steam account 9 days old, K/D 11.0.” It's a triage tool that tells you who to spectate first — bans stay your call.

Both. The plugin manager detects which framework your server runs and shows compatibility per plugin in the catalog. Mixed networks (some servers on Oxide, some on Carbon) are fine — plugin state is tracked per server.

Yes — that's how the panel issues commands, the same as any RCON client. It's encrypted at rest (AES-256), never written to logs, and you can rotate or revoke it anytime. We recommend setting a dedicated RCON password just for RustPanel so revoking it doesn't break your other tools.

No. RustPanel runs entirely off-box and holds one WebSocket connection to your server — the same footprint as leaving an RCON client open. There's nothing to install on the game server and no plugin required.

Whatever you toggle on, per server: every ban, kick, mute and unban as it happens (your mod-log channel), chat caught by your auto-flag rules with the message and player, wipe countdowns and completions, and server status changes like restarts and queue locks. It's a standard Discord webhook — paste the URL, RustPanel sends a test message to confirm, done.

Yes. Invite team members with the Moderator role and they see Console, Chat, Players, and Support only — no wipes, no plugin changes, no billing. Admins get everything except billing. Every action is attributed in the audit log.

Set a server's schedule to “Monthly (force wipe)” and RustPanel tracks Facepunch's first-Thursday calendar automatically. With Autopilot armed, the whole wipe runs itself — countdown, shutdown, map deletion, verification, announcements — timed to your configured hour.