Q3A RCON Dashboard

A desktop application for administering Quake 3 Arena servers via RCON protocol. Built with Electron.

Features

• Multi-server management with tabbed interface
• Quick-action buttons for common commands (Status, Kick, Say, Map, Ban, etc.)
• Three switchable themes: Terminal, Dark, Light
• Server configurations persisted to JSON
• Auto-open saved servers on startup

Requirements

• Node.js 18+
• npm 9+

Installation

npm install

Building

Linux (AppImage)

npm run build:linux

Output: dist/Q3A RCON Dashboard-1.0.0.AppImage

Windows (Portable EXE)

On a Windows machine:

npm run build:win

Output: dist/Q3A RCON Dashboard-1.0.0.exe

Build Both

npm run build

Running

npm start

RCON Commands

Command	Description
status	Player list with scores and pings
serverinfo	Server settings (gametype, fraglimit, etc.)
systeminfo	System info (OS, CPU)
kick <name>	Kick player (or "all", "allbots")
kicknum <num>	Kick by slot number
say <msg>	Broadcast to all players
map <name>	Change map (e.g., q3dm1)
banaddr <ip>	Ban IP address
listbans	List all bans
rehashbans	Reload bans from file
flushbans	Delete all bans

See the in-app Reference button for full command list.

Tested Servers

• ioquake3
• Q3ALight
• Other Q3A-compatible engines