Tailscale alternatives

The most-starred open source alternative to Tailscale is Headscale. Other notable options: NetBird, Pangolin, Nebula, ZeroTier. All of them are free to download and most can run on your own server.

Headscale45.4k

juanfont/headscale

Open source self hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server.

Alternative to: Tailscale

LicenseOpen sourceBSD-3-Clause

CategoryNetworking & File SharingSelf-hosted

LanguageGo

Last updatetoday

PlatformsDockerCommand line

NetBird30.7k

netbirdio/netbird

Securely connects people, machines and agents across any network with a WireGuard mesh.

Alternative to: Tailscale, ZeroTier

LicenseOpen source

CategoryNetworking & File SharingSelf-hosted

LanguageGo

Last updatetoday

PlatformsWindowsMacLinuxWebAndroidiPhoneDocker

Pangolin23.3k

fosrl/pangolin

Self-hosted tunneled reverse proxy platform for secure access to your apps.

Alternative to: Cloudflare Tunnel, Tailscale

LicenseOpen source

CategoryNetworking & File SharingSelf-hosted

LanguageTypeScript

Last updatetoday

PlatformsDocker

Nebula18.5k

slackhq/nebula

Scalable overlay networking tool focused on performance, simplicity and security.

Alternative to: Tailscale

LicenseOpen sourceMIT

CategoryNetworking & File SharingSelf-hosted

LanguageGo

Last update2 days ago

PlatformsCommand line

ZeroTier17.2k

zerotier/ZeroTierOne

Virtual Ethernet network that connects your devices as if on one LAN.

Alternative to: Tailscale

LicenseOpen source

CategoryNetworking & File SharingSelf-hosted

LanguageC++

Last update2 months ago

PlatformsWindowsMacLinuxAndroidiPhone

EasyTier14.6k

EasyTier/EasyTier

Simple decentralized mesh VPN with WireGuard support that links your devices into one virtual network.

Alternative to: Tailscale

LicenseOpen sourceLGPL-3.0

CategoryNetworking & File SharingSelf-hosted

LanguageRust

Last updatetoday

PlatformsWindowsMacLinuxAndroid

Netmaker11.9k

gravitl/netmaker

Network platform that builds fast, secure WireGuard networks across devices

Alternative to: Tailscale

LicenseOpen source

CategoryNetworking & File SharingSelf-hosted

LanguageGo

Last updatetoday

PlatformsDocker

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