Kitsune7Den

7 Days to Die Server Manager

A standalone Windows desktop app for managing your 7D2D dedicated server.
No web stack. No browser. Just a simple exe.

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Features

• Dashboard -- Start/stop/restart server, connect telnet, view LAN/public IPs with click-to-copy
• Console -- Live server log tailing + telnet command input with history
• Players -- Player cards with stats, admin badges, kick/ban, give/remove admin via serveradmin.xml
• Configuration -- Grouped form editor with 90+ properties, smart dropdowns, Raw XML toggle
• Mods -- List installed mods, enable/disable, delete, install from zip
• Backups -- Manual + scheduled backups, restore with automatic safety backup, auto-prune
• Logs -- Browse all server log files with dropdown selector and text filter
• Settings -- SteamCMD install/update, auto-update on start, telnet config
• Themes -- 4 live-swappable themes (Kitsune, Midnight, Forest, Accessible/colorblind-friendly)
• Config Protection -- Automatically backs up serverconfig.xml before Steam updates, restores after

Screenshots

Dashboard

Start/stop/restart the server, view uptime, and copy LAN/public addresses in one click.

Players

Live player cards with stats, admin badges, and one-click kick/ban/admin toggle — reads and writes serveradmin.xml directly.

Configuration

Grouped form editor for every property in serverconfig.xml. Smart dropdowns, auto-discovered world list, day/night calculator, raw XML toggle.

Mods

Card-based mod browser reading ModInfo.xml. Enable, disable, delete, or install directly from a zip.

Backups

Manual or scheduled backups of your save. Restore with an automatic safety backup. Auto-prunes old backups.

Quick Start

1. Download Kitsune7Den.exe from Releases
2. Run it — if Windows shows a SmartScreen warning, see INSTALL.md for why and how to proceed
3. Browse to your 7DaysToDieServer.exe
4. Hit Start

Building from Source

Requires .NET 8 SDK.

dotnet build
dotnet run --project src/Kitsune7Den

To publish a single-file exe:

dotnet publish src/Kitsune7Den -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained -p:PublishSingleFile=true -o ./publish

Tech Stack

• .NET 8 / WPF / MVVM (CommunityToolkit.Mvvm)
• Telnet client for server commands + player data
• XDocument for serverconfig.xml + ModInfo.xml + serveradmin.xml parsing
• SteamCMD integration for server install/update

Support the project

Kitsune7Den is free and open source. If it saves you time or makes your server life easier, you can buy me a coffee. No pressure, only gratitude.

License

MIT