PokerEngine is a complete, self-hosted, white-label multiplayer poker platform built with Node.js, WebSockets and PostgreSQL. Players enjoy real-time Texas Hold’em and Omaha across cash tables and tournaments (Multi-Table, Sit & Go and Spin & Go), while you run everything from one visual admin — no coding required. It ships with Docker and a guided first-run wizard, so a full install is essentially one command.

Try everything before you buy

Live demo (play): https://staging.pokerengine.net — create a free account and sit at a real table
Admin back-office (read-only): https://demo-admin.pokerengine.net/admin — user demo / password PokerDemo2026
Full documentation: https://pokerengine.net/documentation/Index.html
Full feature tour: https://pokerengine.net

Real-time gameplay - Texas Hold'em and Omaha, No-Limit and Pot-Limit Full tournament suite - Sit and Go, Multi-Table Tournaments, late registration, final tables Spin and Go with cinematic multiplier wheel Player profile with stats, achievements and tiered ranking Cash and tournament lobbies with hand history and step-by-step replay Installable Mobile PWA with configurable bottom navigation Drag-and-drop page builder with hero, pricing and feature-grid blocks Lobby Studio - design lobbies visually and export an embed snippet Nine bundled themes - the same lobby, only the theme changed Custom theme editor - seven font families and sixteen colour slots per lobby Visual back-office - tables, tournaments, bots, players, rewards and leaderboards Analytics - live pulse dashboard, player trends and data export Trust and safety - IP monitoring, chip audit trail, moderation queue and 2FA Guided install wizard with bundled PostgreSQL via Docker One-click signed updates with automatic backup and rollback, branded emails Engagement - achievements, daily rewards, leaderboards and Hall of Fame Self-hosted - one licence, you own your data, no monthly fee

Features

Real-time multiplayer engine over WebSockets — smooth, low-latency play
Texas Hold’em and Omaha, No-Limit and Pot-Limit, with full hand evaluation
Cash tables with fully configurable blinds, stacks and seats
Tournaments: Multi-Table (MTT), Sit & Go, and lottery-style Spin & Go with a multiplier wheel
Late registration, table consolidation, final tables and progressive payouts
AI bots for cash and tournaments, with schedules, so players always find action
Play-chip economy with a full chip ledger and audit trail
Social suite: friends, direct messages, presence, chip gifting, private invite tables, in-game reactions
Installable Mobile PWA with a configurable bottom navigation
No-code visual admin: drag-and-drop Pages builder, Lobby Studio, nine themes plus a custom theme editor
Banner Library (with AdSense support) and custom Sound FX
Branded transactional emails (SMTP), Google sign-in, player 2FA and admin 2FA
Analytics dashboard, IP monitoring, chip audit, admin activity log, moderation and player reports
30+ achievements, daily rewards, five leaderboard formats and a tiered ranking system
First-run install wizard, one-click signed updates with automatic backup & rollback, on-demand backups
Admin REST API with documented endpoints and token authentication
Fully white-label and self-hosted — you own your data
Clean, well-documented codebase; beginner-friendly documentation and one-command install.sh

Technical Requirements

A VPS or cloud server (Ubuntu or Debian recommended) able to run Docker & Docker Compose
PostgreSQL 16 database — bundled via Docker, or bring your own
Advanced users can run it manually with Node.js 20+ and PostgreSQL 16
Not compatible with shared / cPanel hosting — this is a real-time Node.js + PostgreSQL application, not a PHP script
A domain name (or subdomain) pointed at your server
A reverse proxy for HTTPS (Nginx Proxy Manager, Nginx, Caddy or Traefik) with a free Let’s Encrypt certificate

Compatibility

Server: Node.js 20+, PostgreSQL 16, Docker / Docker Compose
Browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge (desktop and mobile), Brave, Opera, Vivaldi
Mobile: fully responsive and installable as a PWA (Android 10+, iOS 15+)
OS: Windows 10/11, macOS 11+, Linux (Ubuntu 20.04+, Debian 11+)
Reverse proxies: Nginx Proxy Manager, Nginx, Caddy, Traefik

What’s Included

Full source code (Node.js server + vanilla JS client), unobfuscated
Docker & Docker Compose setup with bundled PostgreSQL
One-command installer (install.sh) and a guided visual setup wizard
Complete, beginner-friendly documentation: install from zero, domain & HTTPS, and every admin feature

Support & Updates

Actively developed with regular updates. Open a support ticket from the admin panel and we respond quickly.
v1.2 is a free update for existing buyers — simply re-download.

Changelog

Version 1.2.0 – 16 July 2026

- New: full tournament suite - Sit & Go, Spin & Go (multiplier wheel), Multi-Table
  Tournaments, late registration, table consolidation, final tables, progressive payouts
- New: social suite - friends, direct messages, chip gifting, private invite tables,
  presence, in-game reactions, notifications
- New: installable Mobile PWA with immersive full-screen tables and configurable bottom nav
- New: no-code admin - drag-and-drop Pages builder, Lobby Studio, nine themes + custom
  theme editor, Banner Library with AdSense support
- New: analytics dashboard, IP monitoring, chip audit trail, moderation queue, player
  reports, admin activity log, admin & player 2FA (TOTP)
- New: guided install wizard, one-click signed updates with automatic backup & rollback,
  on-demand backups, branded SMTP emails, Google sign-in
- New: 30+ achievements, daily rewards calendar, five leaderboard formats, tiered ranking
- New: admin REST API with documented endpoints and token authentication
- Changed: migrated to PostgreSQL 16 for persistence; Docker Compose bundled
- Fixed: negative call amount displayed during rare split-pot edge cases
- Fixed: 1-2 chips lost to integer rounding when a pot is split between 3+ winners
- Fixed: mobile / iPhone layout (notch, home indicator, dynamic island safe areas)
- Improved: HTTPS / reverse-proxy setup now fully documented
- Improved: full architecture refactor and code clean-up

Version 1.1.0 – 05 March 2026

- Add iOS fullscreen support with "Add to Home Screen" prompt for iPhone users
- Add multi-table support with configurable blinds, chips, and lobby system
- Add configurable table settings via tables.config.json
- Fix duplicate bot names on the same table, each bot now has a unique name
- Fix iPhone landscape viewport scaling for all screen sizes
- Fix action buttons alignment on small-height mobile devices
- Fix lobby button repositioned to top-right on mobile screens
- Fix bots with excessive chips now get replaced to keep tables balanced
- Split index.html into separate CSS and JavaScript files for cleaner codebase

Version 1.0.0 – 28 February 2026

- Initial Release

PokerEngine | White-Label Multiplayer Texas Hold'em JavaScript Game & Tournaments