Once upon a time, I built SteamServerUI (SSUI), a sleek, retro-themed UI to tame the wild beast that a Stationeers dedicated server is. It is glorious—automatic SteamCMD setups, one-click controls, Discord bots, and a backup system smarter than your average space engineer. But then, @mitoskalandiel dropped a galaxy-sized idea: Why stop at Stationeers? Why not make SSUI the ultimate overlord of any Steam server? And so, SteamServerUI was born, with @JacksonTheMaster leading the charge to generalize the chaos of server management.
SteamServerUI (v6) is the shiny, in-development evolution of SSUI, designed to run any Steam game server that can be wrangled with a runfile. Think Satisfactory, Project Zomboid, Stationeers, or even that obscure indie game you love (as long as you write a runfile for it). Meanwhile, Stationeers fans, fear not: SteamServerUI (v5) remains a dedicated, maintained LTS version, chizzled in time as a rock-solid option for your spacefaring needs. v6 as SteamServerUI is a separate beast, and it won’t mess with v5’s vibe. It will probably be a while before v6 is released, and the details are still being worked out.
I am not sure if SteamServerUI will (should) move to a new repo later, but I will update this readme to reflect that once I know more about where I wanna go with this project and the Stationeers version.
⚠️ Warning: v6 is a preview. It’s like a prototype spaceship—cool, but expect a lot of loose bolts. This is meant for development, not production. Some Stationeers-specific features (like BackupManager and Discord) are currently in a state of… let’s call it “creative flux.” Non-breaking, but they complain with some noise.