PowerfulAdmin - Best admin panel 1.0.0

The complete in-game admin control center for Rust - every moderation tool your team needs.

In one beautiful CUI panel.

 

Stop alt-tabbing to RCON. Stop memorizing console commands. Stop juggling five different plugins.

PowerfulAdmin puts your entire server - players, permissions, plugins, console, ConVars, ESP, Vanish and more - behind a single, fast, gorgeous in-game interface that any admin can master in minutes.

 

>>> Open it with one command: /padmin. Everything else is point-and-click.

 

 

Why PowerfulAdmin?

 

• All-in-one. Player management, ESP, Vanish, live console, permissions, plugin control, ConVar editing and Discord - no more plugin soup.
• Beautiful & fast. A modern, hand-crafted CUI with three themes, smooth partial updates (no jarring full-screen redraws), and an interface that feels like a real desktop app.
• Built for real moderation. Heal, kill, strip, teleport, mute, spectate, give items, edit blueprints, tweak metabolism, manage inventories - online and offline players.
• Permission-gated to the bone. Fourteen granular permissions let you hand juniors exactly what they need and nothing more.
• Scales with you. SQLite out of the box, one-click migration to MySQL for multi-server networks, or plain JSON if you prefer files.
• Discord-ready. Webhooks, a full bot with slash commands, a two-way chat bridge and role-based authorization - all optional, all configurable in-game.
• Localized. Ships with full English and Russian; every string lives in language files, so any locale is a translation away.

 

 

Feature Tour

 

1. Dashboard

Your server at a glance, updated live:

• Online / max players, sleepers, admins online, new players today
• Server FPS, entity count, and join queue / joining counters
• One-tap quick toggles: Vanish, ESP, Godmode, Noclip
• A built-in live console feed so you always see what's happening

 

2. Player Management

A searchable, paginated roster of online, offline (sleepers) and banned players. Each row has instant actions, and the full management card does it all:

 

• Heal: Set / max / add / subtract HP
• Kill: Instantly kill the target
• Strip: Clear the player's inventory
• Teleport: To me · To player · To coordinates · To line-of-sight
• Mute: Timed or permanent, with reason templates and notify options
• Kick: With reason, comment and notification routing
• Inventory: View and edit a player's main / wear / belt
• Spectate: Jump into a live spectate camera (press R to exit)
• Give: Full item picker - categories, search, favorites, custom items, skins, a cart, and blueprints
• Blueprints: Unlock or reset blueprints per item, on a visual blueprint board
• Modifiers: Apply metabolism modifiers with custom duration and value
• Vitals: Live HP / metabolism editor that respects each stat's real min / max
• Permissions: Grant per-user permissions and manage their groups

 

Offline players are fully supported - teleport to a sleeper, mute, heal, strip, edit their body and more.

 

Rich player stats card: SteamID, live status (Online / Sleeping / Dead / Wounded / Offline), total playtime, current session, total Rust hours (via Steam API), groups, first/last seen, and IP - with a dedicated permission so only trusted staff can reveal it.

 

Inspect Tool

Walk up to anyone in the world, look at them, and act instantly:

• E - open their inventory
• Right Mouse Button (RMB) - open their full management card
• A clean on-screen hint shows you exactly which key does what.

 

ESP

A powerful, server-side admin ESP rendered through the engine's debug draw, visible only to permitted admins:

- Players & sleepers with name, HP and held item

- World entities: loot, boxes, tool cupboards, sleeping bags, traps, stashes, dropped bags, NPCs, turrets and vehicles

- Adjustable radius, box/text opacity, and distance readouts

- Color-coded enemy / team / admin, plus tagging of vanished admins

 

Vanish

True invisibility done right:

• Removed from networking, colliders and entity queries
• Optional silhouette with a configurable color so other admins can still spot you
• Full damage and targeting immunity
• Optional auto-vanish on connect

 

Live Console

• Real-time server console inside the panel
• Category tabs: All · Chat · Commands · Connections · Errors
• Search, word-wrap, and export to file
• Run commands inline
• A draggable floating mini-console widget you can keep on-screen while you work

 

Permissions Manager

• Browse every permission on the server, grouped by owning plugin
• Toggle permissions per user or per group
• Create and delete groups with parent inheritance
• Fast search across thousands of permissions

 

Logs

• In-panel activity log: joins, leaves, chat, commands, admin actions and errors
• Filter by category
• Persisted to your chosen storage backend with configurable caps

 

Plugin Control

• See every loaded and unloaded plugin with title, author and version
• Load / unload / reload with a click

 

ConVar Editor

• Browse and edit server ConVars by category
• Paginated and searchable tune your server without touching the console

 

Storage & Settings

• Storage backends: SQLite (default, zero-config), MySQL (perfect for multi-server networks), or JSON files
• One-click live migration between backends your data follows you
• Security: lock PowerfulAdmin permissions, enable/disable the console, set log and ESP object caps, define reason templates
• Steam API key for Rust playtime lookups (cached and stored in your backend)
• All configurable in-game, no file editing required

 

Discord Integration (optional)

• Webhook and/or Bot delivery pick per channel
• Notifications for bans/kicks, chat, admin actions and plugin errors, each to its own channel
• Two-way chat bridge (Discord ↔ in-game)
• Slash commands: /online, /players, /kick, /mute, /chatbridge with autocomplete
• Role-based authorization so only the right Discord roles can moderate
• Configurable bot presence / activity status

 

Themes & Localization

• Three polished themes Rust, Midnight, Plum selectable per admin
• Full English and Russian included; every label is translatable via language files

 

Performance

PowerfulAdmin is engineered to be light:

• Object pooling and reused buffers to minimize allocations
• Partial UI updates only the element that changed repaints, never the whole panel
• Cached state signatures and debounced saves
• ESP and inspect run on tuned intervals

 

 

Permissions

 

powerfuladmin.use - Base access - open the panel

powerfuladmin.players - Player management page & actions

powerfuladmin.esp - ESP page & overlay

powerfuladmin.vanish - Vanish

powerfuladmin.godmode - Godmode quick toggle

powerfuladmin.noclip - Noclip quick toggle

powerfuladmin.console - Live console page

powerfuladmin.perms - Permissions manager

powerfuladmin.logs - Logs page

powerfuladmin.plugins - Plugin control

powerfuladmin.convars - ConVar editor

powerfuladmin.settings - Settings, storage & Discord

powerfuladmin.viewip - Reveal player IP addresses

powerfuladmin.candisablevitals - Edit player vitals/metabolism

powerfuladmin.countableondashboard - Counts toward the "admins online" stat

 

> Tip: there is a one-time console helper pa.setup <steamid/name> that grants the full PowerfulAdmin permission set to a player so you can get started instantly.

 

 

 

Commands

 

• /padmin - (Chat) Open the admin panel
• pa.setup <steamid/name> - (Console) Grant the full permission set to a player (one-time)

 

Everything else happens inside the panel no commands to memorize.

 

 

 

Requirements & Compatibility

 

• Storage: SQLite or JSON work with zero setup; MySQL is optional for networks.
• Discord & Steam API: entirely optional the plugin runs perfectly without them.

 

 

 

Quick Start

 

1. Drop the plugin into your scripts folder; it loads and creates a clean config automatically.
2. Run pa.setup <your name or steamid> once to give yourself full access.
3. Type /padmin in-game.
4. (Optional) Open Settings to switch to MySQL, connect Discord, or add your Steam API key.

 

That's it you're running.

 

 

FAQ

 

Q: Do I need MySQL or a database server?

A: No. SQLite is the default and needs zero configuration. MySQL is there only if you run multiple servers and want shared data.

 

Q: How do admins open the panel?

A: With the /padmin chat command, provided they have at least the powerfuladmin.use permission.

 

Q: How do I give my staff access?

A: Grant the permissions above (per user or per group) right inside the Permissions page, or use pa.setup for a quick full grant.

 

Q: Is Discord required?

A: No, it's completely optional. Everything in the panel works without Discord. When you do want it, set it up entirely in-game.

 

Q: Will it lag my server?

A: It's built for performance object pooling, partial UI redraws, debounced saves and tuned update intervals keep the footprint small.

 

Q: Can players abuse it?

A: No. Every page and action is gated behind its own permission, and you can even lock the plugin's own permissions so they can't be edited.

 

Q: Is the ESP a "cheat"?

A: It's a server-side admin tool rendered through the engine's debug draw and only shown to admins with the ESP permission there is no client-side mod involved.

 

Q: Can I manage offline players?

A: Yes. You can teleport to, mute, heal, strip and otherwise manage a player's sleeping body. Actions that genuinely need a live connection (like kick) are disabled while they're offline.

 

Q: Can I move from SQLite to MySQL later?

A: Absolutely there's a one-click live migration in Settings that moves your data between backends.

 

Q: Is it multi-language?

A: It ships with full English and Russian, and every string is in language files, so adding a new language is just a translation.

 

Q: Can I change how it looks?

A: Yes choose from the Rust, Midnight and Plum themes.

 

Q: Do I need a Steam API key?

A: Only if you want the "total Rust hours" stat on player cards. Everything else works without one.

 

Q: What about bans and player freezes?

A: Ban and Freeze are reserved for an upcoming DLC add-on and currently appear as placeholders. All other moderation tools are fully included.

 

 

Roadmap

1. Bans DLC full ban management (timed/permanent, templates, history)
2. Freezes DLC freeze/unfreeze players in place
3. Continuous polish, more themes, and additional languages

 

 

 

PowerfulAdmin administer your Rust server the way it should be: fast, visual, and powerful.