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Headscale

An open source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server

Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Headscale

TailScale NetBird Netmaker zrok ngrok ZeroTier WireGuard OpenVPN Outline by Alphabet Tinc VPN

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Headscale are TailScale, NetBird, and Netmaker. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. Private networks made easy Connect all your devices using WireGuard, without the hassle. Tailscale makes it as easy as installing an app and signing in.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Security & Privacy #VPN #Cloud VPN 503 social mentions

  2. Connect your devices into a single secure private WireGuard®-based mesh network with SSO/MFA and manage access with just a few clicks.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #VPN #Cloud VPN #Localhost Tools 8 social mentions

  3. Netmaker automates mesh VPN's and software-defined networks using WireGuard.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Freemium
    • Free Trial

    #Cloud Infrastructure #Cloud Management #Networking 63 social mentions

  4. 4
    Next-generation sharing platform built on top of OpenZiti
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Localhost Tools #Testing #Webhooks 73 social mentions

  5. 5
    ngrok enables secure introspectable tunnels to localhost webhook development tool and debugging tool.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Testing #Localhost Tools #Webhooks 369 social mentions

  6. Extremely simple P2P Encrypted VPN
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Security & Privacy #VPN #Cloud VPN 35 social mentions

  7. Fast, Modern, Secure VPN Tunnel
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Security & Privacy #VPN #Cloud VPN 9 social mentions

  8. OpenVPN - The Open Source VPN
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Security & Privacy #VPN #Cloud VPN 40 social mentions

  9. Control and build your own VPN 🛠️
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #VPN #Security & Privacy #Cloud VPN 64 social mentions

  10. tinc is a Virtual Private Network (VPN) daemon that uses tunnelling and encryption to create a...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Security & Privacy #VPN #Cloud VPN 12 social mentions

  11. Expose yourself to the world
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Localhost Tools #Tunnel #Testing

  12. Making it easy to play games with friends since March 2020.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Freemium
    • Free Trial
    • $1.0 / Monthly (Get a custom .playit.gg domain to host your server with)

    #Localhost Tools #Webhooks #Testing 246 social mentions

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