If you run a Physgun Rust server with a staff team, you've probably run into this problem at some point: you want your mods to use Rust God Tools, but giving them sub-user access inside the Physgun panel means giving them access to a lot more than just RGT. Panel access, resource usage, stuff that has nothing to do with moderation, and stuff you probably don't want random staff members poking around in.
For a while, the only real option was to either hand over more access than you were comfortable with, or just not give your mods RGT access at all. Neither is a great answer when RGT is one of the most useful moderation tools your server has.
That's the problem this update solves.
What's New
Rust God Tools now lives at its own external address: rgt.physgun.com
It's a standalone, browser-based portal, no panel required. You log in with your Physgun credentials, and your servers show up automatically. If you're a moderator or owner on a Physgun server, that server syncs to your account the moment you log in. No configuration needed on your end, no manual server IDs to enter, no setup tickets to file.
This means your mods can now access Rust God Tools directly, with their own login, without ever touching your panel.
How This Helps Your Staff
The old workflow had a real ceiling. Sub-user access inside the Physgun panel is designed for people who need to help manage the server infrastructure: think co-owners, trusted admins who need to restart the server or adjust configs. It was never really designed for moderators who just need to see who's online, check player positions, drop a bee bomb on a griefer, or pull logs after an incident.
This creates two problems: You either give mods more access than they need, which is a trust and security issue, or you keep them out of RGT entirely, which means slower response times to server incidents and more work landing on you.
External RGT access separates those two things cleanly. Your mods get the tool they need. They don't get anything else.
Permission Management: 63 Oxide Permissions, Fully Configurable
This is where things get interesting.
When a moderator logs into RGT for the first time, they start with minimal access by default. We made this decision deliberately. We're not going to assume what your staff should be able to see or do. Every server has different staff structures, different trust levels, and different standards for what a mod is actually allowed to act on.
To give you real control over that, RGT now registers 63 Oxide permissions that you can assign to any moderator or staff role on your server. These permissions cover the specific actions and views inside RGT, so you can build a permission structure that matches how your server actually operates.
Some examples of what that looks like in practice:
A trial mod who can see the livemap and player list, but can't touch anything
A senior mod who can kick, check inventories, and pull event logs
An admin who has full RGT access short of the most destructive actions
A co-owner who has everything
Instead of toggling a single "give them access or don't" switch, you're building a permission set that reflects the actual role. That's a meaningful difference if you've ever had to deal with a mod abusing access they shouldn't have had, or been in the position of having to manually watch over your own staff because the tools weren't granular enough.
How To Opt Out
If you don't want RGT external access enabled on your server for any reason, you can disable it entirely in physgun.toml. Once disabled, the feature won't run and your server won't appear in anyone's external RGT portal, including your own.
What’s Next For RustGodTools
Rust God Tools has always been about giving server owners real visibility, a live view of what's actually happening on your server instead of piecing it together from logs and player reports after the fact. External access is an extension of that same idea, just applied to your staff structure instead of your server itself.
The more people on your team who can use RGT properly, the faster problems get caught and dealt with. Griefers, exploiters, admin abuse, these things tend to escalate when the tools to catch them are locked behind a login that most of your staff can't access. Now they don't have to be.
Head to rgt.physgun.com to check it out. If you run into anything or have questions about how permissions work, drop a ticket or ask in the Discord and we'll sort it out.