headscale
An open source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server (by juanfont)
netbird
Connect your devices into a single secure private WireGuard®-based mesh network with SSO/MFA and simple access controls. (by netbirdio)
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| headscale | netbird | |
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| 221 | 104 | |
| 19,324 | 8,805 | |
| - | 9.2% | |
| 9.1 | 9.7 | |
| 7 days ago | about 10 hours ago | |
| Go | Go | |
| BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License | BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
headscale
Posts with mentions or reviews of headscale.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-04.
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Building a Managed Service Provider Business With Open Source
Headscale
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Russia has started indiscriminately blocking all OpenVPN/WireGuard connections
You can always use headscale. https://github.com/juanfont/headscale
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Securely Accessing Private AWS Resources from GitHub Actions with TailScale
One more thing, you can host Tailscale Control Server yourself if you want, which is a plus.
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A word of caution about Tailscale
https://github.com/juanfont/headscale not to mention but Tailscale has a very good culture, I’m sure they would give notice if they pull the rug. There are also many alternatives such as Zerotier and more are showing up every day and open source options.
- Is HTTPS necessary?
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Connecting several hundreds IoT (raspberry pi's) devices with a VPN
How about self-hosted Tailscale, known as Headscale
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Tailscale Kubernetes Operator
Would be nice if https://github.com/juanfont/headscale can be managed by the Tailscale operator.
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Mullvad on Tailscale: Privately browse the web
You can run your own "head scale" control server and use their clients with it: https://github.com/juanfont/headscale
Requires a lot more setup, but it is an option. I've been self-hosting headscale for some time and it is quite stable.
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Netbirdio/netbird: Connect devices into a single private WireGuard mesh network
There's an alternative to tailscale service called headscale https://github.com/juanfont/headscale (CLI only server compatible with official tailscale clients)
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NetMaker: Connect Everything with a WireGuard VPN
It isn't official, but headscale exists: https://github.com/juanfont/headscale
netbird
Posts with mentions or reviews of netbird.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-13.
- JIT WireGuard
- Nebula is Not the Fastest Mesh VPN (But neither are any of the others)
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A word of caution about Tailscale
Netmaker (https://www.netmaker.io/) Netbird (https://netbird.io/)
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NetBird is a configuration-free, peer-to-peer private network combined with a centralized access control system. Utilizing a WireGuard-based overlay network, it ensures encrypted connections between machines without the need for complex configurations such as port openings, intricate firewall rules, or VPN gateways. Prioritizes security with intuitive management of granular access policies for secure remote access, applicable universally across any infrastructure. petr205 explains, "Their SaaS version is free up to 100 machines and 5 users, but the self-hosted version is exactly the same and has very low requirements."
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Show HN: WireHub – easily create and share WireGuard networks
It is always great to see another solution using Wireguard, which is a great technology for modern private connectivity.
I built https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird, which can be self-hosted and offers an option to run Wireguard without managing firewalls for P2P connectivity.
- Would we still create Nebula today?
- Netbirdio/netbird: Connect devices into a single private WireGuard mesh network
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NetMaker: Connect Everything with a WireGuard VPN
I'd add to that list Netbird, which is the one I ended up using after trying all of the above.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing headscale and netbird you can also consider the following projects:
tailscale - The easiest, most secure way to use WireGuard and 2FA.
Netmaker - Netmaker makes networks with WireGuard. Netmaker automates fast, secure, and distributed virtual networks.
zero-ui - ZeroUI - ZeroTier Controller Web UI - is a web user interface for a self-hosted ZeroTier network controller.
ZeroTier - A Smart Ethernet Switch for Earth
Nebula - A scalable overlay networking tool with a focus on performance, simplicity and security
firezone - Open-source VPN server and egress firewall for Linux built on WireGuard. Firezone is easy to set up (all dependencies are bundled thanks to Chef Omnibus), secure, performant, and self hostable.
drago - ☁️ Securely connect anything with WireGuard® and manage all your networks from a single place.