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Windows Game Server aka WGS
https://github.com/madbee71/wgs
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Windows Game Server aka WGS
Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/madbee71/wgs
Owner: MadBee71
License: mit
Created: 2026-05-08T14:42:59.000Z (about 1 month ago)
Default Branch: main
Last Pushed: 2026-06-09T12:57:27.000Z (10 days ago)
Last Synced: 2026-06-09T13:14:03.549Z (10 days ago)
Topics: amp-alternative, auto-restart, dayz-server, dedicated-server, discord-webhook, dotnet8, game-server-manager, minecraft-server, pterodactyl-alternative, pwa, rcon-client, rust-server, scum-server, server-hosting, server-monitor, steamcmd, valheim-server, web-panel, windowsgsm-alternative, wreckfest-server
Language: C#
Homepage: https://wgsserver.com
Size: 39.5 MB
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Watchers: 0
Forks: 0
Open Issues: 0
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README

          


  

  Windows Game Server

  Single-window management panel for Windows game servers


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---

## What is Windows Game Server?

**Windows Game Server (WGS)** is a free, open-source desktop application that lets you host and manage dedicated game servers on any Windows PC — without touching the command line.

Instead of juggling SteamCMD scripts, batch files, Task Scheduler entries and manual firewall rules, WGS brings everything into one clean window:

- **Install** any supported game server in one click — SteamCMD is downloaded and run automatically in the background

- **Start, stop and restart** servers with a single button — or let WGS do it automatically after a crash, with smart crash-loop detection

- **Monitor** CPU and RAM usage per server in real time, with history graphs and a global system dashboard

- **Schedule** automatic restarts, updates and backups at any time of day or week

- **Back up** world saves and configs automatically before every update, with configurable retention

- **Send console commands** directly from the UI — no need to switch windows or open a terminal

- **Edit config files** for any server directly inside WGS, without opening a file manager

- **Install Workshop mods** and manage Oxide/Minecraft plugins from the same interface

- **Add any game** that isn't built-in using the graphical Plugin Creator — no coding required

- **Control servers remotely** via Discord bot commands or the built-in REST API

- **Manage servers on multiple machines** — slave mode lets any PC run as a background agent, controlled from your main WGS window

- **Predict crashes before they happen** — WGS monitors RAM growth and CPU load and warns you in advance

- **Manage firewall rules** automatically — WGS opens and closes the right ports when servers start and stop

WGS is designed for home lab hosts, small community server admins and anyone who wants a clean, reliable way to keep game servers running on Windows without spending time on maintenance.

---

## 📷 Screenshots



  



---

> [!IMPORTANT]

> **Windows SmartScreen Warning:**

>

> Since WGS is an independent open-source tool that manages system-level tasks (Firewall, Process Priorities), Windows might show a "SmartScreen" warning.

> To run WGS: Right-click `WindowsGameServer.exe` → **Properties** → Check **Unblock** at the bottom → **OK**.

---

## ✨ Features

### Server management

| Feature | Description |

|---|---|

| 🎮 **50+ supported games** | Ready-made plugins for the most popular game servers |

| ⬇️ **SteamCMD integration** | Install and update servers with one click — SteamCMD downloaded automatically |

| 🔄 **Auto restart** | Automatic restart after crash, with configurable delay |

| 🛡️ **Crash loop detection** | Counts crashes in a 10-minute window — stops retrying after a configurable limit |

| 🔁 **Auto-update** | Periodic SteamCMD updates on a configurable interval while the server runs |

### Monitoring

| Feature | Description |

|---|---|

| 📊 **System dashboard** | Global CPU, RAM and disk usage across all running servers |

| 📈 **Per-server performance charts** | CPU and RAM history graphs (last 6 minutes) per server |

| 👥 **Player management** | Session tracking, total playtime per player and player list — stored in SQLite |

| 🔮 **Crash prediction** | Detects rapid RAM growth, sustained CPU load and memory leaks — warns before a crash happens |

| 🌐 **Bandwidth monitoring** | Real-time per-server and global network I/O (bytes in/out per second, active connections) |

### Automation

| Feature | Description |

|---|---|

| 🗓️ **Task scheduler** | Schedule start, stop, restart, update or backup — once, daily or weekly |

| 💾 **Automatic backups** | Zip backups of world saves before updates, configurable retention policy |

### Remote access

| Feature | Description |

|---|---|

| 📟 **RCON console** | Send commands to running servers via Source RCON protocol |

| 🤖 **Discord bot** | Control servers from any Discord channel: `!start`, `!stop`, `!restart`, `!update`, `!backup`, `!cmd` |

| 🌐 **REST API + Web dashboard** | Built-in HTTP server with a browser-accessible dashboard — start/stop/status/metrics/log viewer |

| 🖥️ **Multi-machine management** | Run WGS as a slave agent on any PC or VPS — master sees and controls all machines in one window |

### Configuration & mods

| Feature | Description |

|---|---|

| 📝 **Config editor** | Browse and edit any server config file directly inside WGS |

| 📁 **File browser** | Full in-app file manager — browse, rename, delete and download server files without leaving WGS |

| 🔩 **Mod manager** | Install and update Oxide/uMod for Rust; manage plugins for Minecraft |

| 🗂️ **Steam Workshop** | Install Workshop items for supported games via SteamCMD |

| 📋 **Server templates** | Save any server configuration as a reusable template — deploy identical servers in seconds |

### System & extensibility

| Feature | Description |

|---|---|

| 🛡️ **Firewall management** | Windows Firewall rules opened/closed automatically on start and stop |

| ⚙️ **CPU affinity & priority** | Per-server core pinning and Windows process priority |

| 🔧 **Custom Plugin Creator** | Graphical tool to add any game server — no code required |

| 📦 **Plugin import / export** | Share plugins as `.cs` files between machines |

| 🔔 **System tray** | Runs minimised in the background with tray notifications |

| 🔒 **Encrypted credentials** | Steam login and Discord bot token encrypted with Windows DPAPI |

| 👤 **User management** | Admin and Viewer roles with per-user API tokens, enable/disable accounts and full audit log |

| ⬇️ **Console auto-scroll** | Console scrolls to latest output automatically; disables when you scroll up manually |

| 🚀 **Start with Windows** | Optional registry entry to launch WGS automatically on login |

---

## 🎮 Supported Games

> `🔑` = Requires owning the game on Steam — authenticate via Steam Guard (email or mobile app). SteamCMD may ask for a new code on every run.  |  all others install anonymously

### Survival

| Game | Steam AppID | Max Players | Port | |

|---|---|---|---|---|

| 7 Days to Die | 294420 | 8 | 26900 | |

| ARK: Survival Evolved | 376030 | 70 | 7777 | |

| ASKA | 3246670 | 4 | 27015 | |

| ASTRONEER | 728470 | 4 | 7777 | |

| Barotrauma | 1026340 | 16 | 27015 | |

| Conan Exiles | 443030 | 40 | 7777 | |

| Core Keeper | 1963720 | 8 | 27015 | |

| DayZ | 223350 | 60 | 2302 | 🔑 |

| Enshrouded | 2278520 | 16 | 15636 | |

| Don't Starve Together | 343050 | 10 | 10999 | |

| Empyrion - Galactic Survival | 530870 | 8 | 30000 | |

| Longvinter | 1639880 | 32 | 7777 | |

| Necesse | 1169370 | 32 | 14159 | |

| Icarus | 2089300 | 8 | 17777 | |

| No One Survived | 2329680 | 50 | 7777 | |

| Palworld | 2394010 | 32 | 8211 | |

| Project Zomboid | 380870 | 32 | 16261 | |

| Return to Moria | 3349480 | 8 | 20151 | |

| Rising World | 339010 | 16 | 4255 | |

| Rust | 258550 | 100 | 28015 | |

| SCUM | 3792580 | 32 | 10000 | |

| Sons of the Forest | 2465200 | 8 | 8766 | |

| Soulmask | 3017310 | 20 | 8777 | |

| Sunkenland | 2667530 | 8 | 27015 | |

| Survive the Nights | 1502300 | 16 | 7777 | |

| The Forest | 556450 | 64 | 27017 | 🔑 |

| The Isle | 412680 | 75 | 7777 | |

| Unturned | 1110390 | 24 | 27015 | |

| V Rising | 1829350 | 40 | 9876 | |

| Valheim | 896660 | 10 | 2456 | |

| Vein | 2131400 | 16 | 7777 | |

| Wind Rose | 4129620 | 16 | 7777 | |

### FPS

| Game | Steam AppID | Max Players | Port | |

|---|---|---|---|---|

| Black Mesa | 346680 | 24 | 27015 | |

| Counter-Strike 2 | 730 | 10 | 27015 | |

| Garry's Mod | 4020 | 24 | 27015 | |

| Insurgency: Sandstorm | 581330 | 28 | 27102 | |

| Killing Floor 2 | 232130 | 6 | 7777 | 🔑 |

| MORDHAU | 629800 | 64 | 7777 | |

| Team Fortress 2 | 232250 | 24 | 27015 | 🔑 |

### Racing

| Game | Steam AppID | Max Players | Port | |

|---|---|---|---|---|

| Assetto Corsa | 302550 | 18 | 9600 | 🔑 |

| Assetto Corsa Competizione | 1430110 | 24 | 9600 | 🔑 |

| Wreckfest | 361580 | 24 | 33540 | 🔑 |

| Wreckfest 2 | 3519390 | 16 | 30100 | 🔑 |

### Military

| Game | Steam AppID | Max Players | Port | |

|---|---|---|---|---|

| Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead | 33905 | 64 | 2302 | 🔑 |

| Arma 3 | 233780 | 64 | 2302 | 🔑 |

| Arma Reforger | 1874900 | 16 | 2302 | |

| Squad | 403240 | 100 | 7787 | |

### Simulation

| Game | Steam AppID | Max Players | Port | |

|---|---|---|---|---|

| American Truck Simulator | 2239530 | 8 | 27015 | |

| Euro Truck Simulator 2 | 1948160 | 8 | 27015 | 🔑 |

| Satisfactory | 1690800 | 4 | 7777 | |

| Space Engineers | 298740 | 16 | 27016 | |

### Other

| Game | Steam AppID | Max Players | Port | |

|---|---|---|---|---|

| Minecraft Java | — | 20 | 25565 | |

| RedM | — | 32 | 30120 | |

| Terraria | — | 8 | 7777 | |

> `—` = not on Steam; install manually (see plugin description for download link)

>

> The **Custom Plugin Creator** lets you add any other game server without touching code.

---

## 🖥️ Requirements

- **Windows 10 / Windows Server 2019** or newer

- **.NET 8 Runtime** — [download here](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/8.0)

- **SteamCMD** — downloaded automatically on first install

- Administrator rights for firewall rule management

---

## 🚀 Installation

### Pre-built binary (recommended)

1. Download the latest release from the [Releases](../../releases) page

2. Extract the zip to a folder of your choice

3. Run `WindowsGameServer.exe`

4. If you get a .NET error, install the [.NET 8 Runtime](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/8.0)

### Build from source

```bash

git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/WindowsGameServer.git

cd WindowsGameServer/WGS

dotnet publish -c Release -o publish

```

> Requires [.NET 8 SDK](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/8.0)

---

## 📦 Project structure

```

WGS/

├── Games/              # Game plugins (IGamePlugin interface)

│   ├── GamePluginBase.cs

│   ├── GameRegistry.cs

│   ├── ValheimPlugin.cs

│   ├── RustPlugin.cs

│   └── ...             # One .cs per game

├── Models/             # Data models (GameServer, ConsoleMessage...)

├── Services/           # Business logic and background services

├── ViewModels/         # MVVM ViewModels

├── Views/              # WPF XAML views

└── publish/            # Published executable output

```

---

## 🔌 Adding a custom plugin

### Graphical Plugin Creator

WGS includes a built-in Plugin Creator tool:

1. Open **Tools → Plugin Creator**

2. Fill in the game details (name, Steam AppID, executable, ports...)

3. Click **Save** — the plugin appears in the game list immediately

You can also export any plugin to a `.cs` file and share it, or import one from another machine via **Tools → Import Plugin**.

### Writing a plugin in code

Create a new file `Games/MyGamePlugin.cs`:

```csharp

using WGS.Games;

using WGS.Models;

public class MyGamePlugin : GamePluginBase

{

    public override string GameId            => "mygame";

    public override string GameName          => "My Game";

    public override string Description       => "Short description";

    public override string Category          => "Survival";

    public override int    SteamAppId        => 123456;

    public override string Executable        => "server.exe";

    public override int    DefaultPort       => 7777;

    public override int    DefaultQueryPort  => 27015;

    public override int    DefaultMaxPlayers => 32;

    public override string BuildStartArguments(GameServer s)

        => $"-port {s.ServerPort} -queryport {s.QueryPort} -maxplayers {s.MaxPlayers}";

}

```

Register it in `Games/GameRegistry.cs`:

```csharp

Register(new MyGamePlugin());

```

---

## 🏗️ Architecture

```

┌─────────────────────────────────────┐

│            WPF UI (XAML)            │

├──────────────┬──────────────────────┤

│  MainViewModel │  ServerViewModel   │  ← CommunityToolkit.Mvvm

├──────────────┴──────────────────────┤

│  ServerManagerService               │  ← Process lifecycle

│  SteamCmdService                    │  ← Install / update / Workshop

│  BackupService                      │  ← Zip backups + retention

│  FirewallService                    │  ← netsh / Windows Firewall COM

│  RconService                        │  ← Source RCON protocol

│  SystemMetricsService               │  ← Global CPU / RAM / disk

│  PerformanceMonitorService          │  ← Per-process CPU / RAM

│  PerfHistoryService                 │  ← Time-series chart data

│  PlayerStatsService                 │  ← Session tracking (SQLite)

│  ModManagerService                  │  ← Oxide / Minecraft plugins

│  SteamWorkshopService               │  ← Workshop item management

│  ConfigEditorService                │  ← In-app config file editing

│  ScheduledTaskService               │  ← Recurring automation tasks

│  NotificationService                │  ← Discord webhooks

│  DiscordBotService                  │  ← Discord bot (long-poll)

│  WebApiService                      │  ← REST API + web dashboard (HttpListener)

│  RemoteMachineService               │  ← Multi-machine polling & control

│  CrashPredictionService             │  ← RAM/CPU trend analysis

│  ServerGroupService                 │  ← Server grouping

│  TemplateService                    │  ← Server configuration templates

│  UserService                        │  ← User accounts, roles, audit log

└─────────────────────────────────────┘

         │

         ▼

┌─────────────────────────────────────┐

│  IGamePlugin (per game)             │

│  GamePluginBase (defaults)          │

│  GameRegistry (registration)        │

└─────────────────────────────────────┘

```

### Exe size

- Release binary kept at ~20 MB by excluding Roslyn compiler assemblies from single-file bundle (they ship as separate DLLs next to the exe)

---

## 🤝 Contributing

Pull requests are welcome! For large changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you'd like to change.

1. Fork this repository

2. Create a feature branch: `git checkout -b feature/my-new-feature`

3. Commit your changes: `git commit -m "Add: my new feature"`

4. Push: `git push origin feature/my-new-feature`

5. Open a Pull Request

---

## 📄 License

MIT License — see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file.

---

## Support

If you find WGS useful, you can support my work here:

[![ko-fi](https://ko-fi.com/img/githubbutton_sm.svg)](https://ko-fi.com/madbee71)



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