# About | Pterodactyl
Pterodactyl is an open-source game server management panel built with PHP, React, and Go. Designed with security in mind, Pterodactyl runs all game servers in isolated Docker containers while exposing a beautiful and intuitive UI to end users.

# # About

- Core Project Team
- Community Team
- Sponsors
- License
- Release Signing

## # Core Project Team

Name | Discord Name | Primary Role
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Dane Everitt (opens new window) | `.tacticalfish` | Founder & Former Project Maintainer
Matthew Penner (opens new window) | `matthewp` | Project Maintainer
Stepan Fedotov | `trixter` | WHMCS Module Maintainer
Michael Parker | `parkervcp` | Egg Developer, Docker Integration

Members of the project team have a red username in our Discord server.

## # Community Team

Pterodactyl would not be as successful as it is today without the help of our fantastic community support team. These members can be found in our Discord server and are distinguished with a yellow username.

## # Sponsors

The following companies help fund Pterodactyl's development. Interested in becoming a sponsor?
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Company | About
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Aussie Server Hosts (opens new window) | No frills Australian Owned and operated High Performance Server hosting for some of the most demanding games serving Australia and New Zealand.
CodeNode LLC (opens new window) | Looking for simplicity? Well, look no further! CodeNode has got you covered with everything you need at the rock-bottom price of $1.75 per GB, including dedicated IPs in Dallas, Texas, and Amsterdam, Netherlands. We're not just good, we're the best in the game!
BisectHosting (opens new window) | BisectHosting provides Minecraft, Valheim and other server hosting services with the highest reliability and lightning fast support since 2012.
MineStrator (opens new window) | Looking for the most highend French hosting company for your minecraft server? More than 24,000 members on our discord trust us. Give us a try!
HostEZ (opens new window) | US & EU Rust & Minecraft Hosting. DDoS Protected bare metal, VPS and colocation with low latency, high uptime and maximum availability. EZ!
Blueprint (opens new window) | Create and install Pterodactyl addons and themes with the growing Blueprint framework - the package-manager for Pterodactyl. Use multiple modifications at once without worrying about conflicts and make use of the large extension ecosystem.
indifferent broccoli (opens new window) | indifferent broccoli is a game server hosting and rental company. With us, you get top-notch computer power for your gaming sessions. We destroy lag, latency, and complexity--letting you focus on the fun stuff.

## # License

Pterodactyl® Copyright © 2015 Dane Everitt and contributors.

Code released under the MIT License
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## # Release Signing

Previously, releases were signed by a GPG key. All recent releases are now signed using an SSH signing key.

This key is used to sign release tags and commits created by Matthew Penner. This key was first used to sign `v1.10.2` for the Panel and `v1.7.1` for Wings and has been used ever since.

    ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIKL873MsP1OFfffNC8n9WcVuOXOSW65/q26MIzib0K9k

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