headscale
An open source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server (by juanfont)
network-manager-wireguard
NetworkManager VPN Plugin: Wireguard (by max-moser)
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| 1 day ago | 11 months ago | |
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| BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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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
network-manager-wireguard
Posts with mentions or reviews of network-manager-wireguard.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-10-13.
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Note for future Linux users, do not purchase protonvpn until they fix their Linux app
git clone https://github.com/max-moser/network-manager-wireguard
- Wireguard on Ubuntu 22.04.1 issues
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Wireguard GUI on Gnome
I used to use a neat little plugin - network-manager-wireguard to make my wireguard connections using the GUI under VPN connections. It's dead simple - create the profile and it shows up in the tool bar as a toggle switch. Unfortunately it breaks in network-manager v1.36 and above, so I've locked it to v1.34 . I make different wireguard connections daily so it's inconvenient to have to go into nmtui to make the connection if I go that route...
- VPN config file worked for windows but not Linux HELP
- Wireguard support in network settings?
- Looking for a good guide for deploying WireGuard with a GUI
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Unable to connect to wireguard VPN via KDE's NetworkManager
NetworkManager supports WireGuard natively. I wouldn't use the networkmanager-wireguard package, which is the VPN plugin (from https://github.com/max-moser/network-manager-wireguard). I would uninstall that.
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Is there a good GUI for linux?
For network manager: https://github.com/max-moser/network-manager-wireguard and if you use gnome, VPN status will be shown in the top bar.
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App (GUI) for Ubuntu to connect to Wireguard server?
git clone https://github.com/max-moser/network-manager-wireguard
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Mozilla VPN releases Linux client PPA
On Arch I installed this package to get a GUI for WireGuard in the Gnome Control Panel. It doesn't look like anyone has packaged it for Ubuntu, but you could install it from source.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing headscale and network-manager-wireguard 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.
wireguird - wireguard gtk gui for linux
zero-ui - ZeroUI - ZeroTier Controller Web UI - is a web user interface for a self-hosted ZeroTier network controller.
MozWire - MozWire is an unofficial configuration manager giving Linux, macOS users (among others), access to MozillaVPN.
netbird - Connect your devices into a single secure private WireGuard®-based mesh network with SSO/MFA and simple access controls.
WGDashboard - Simplest dashboard for WireGuard VPN written in Python w/ Flask
ZeroTier - A Smart Ethernet Switch for Earth
mozilla-vpn-client - A fast, secure and easy to use VPN. Built by the makers of Firefox.
Nebula - A scalable overlay networking tool with a focus on performance, simplicity and security
drago - ☁️ Securely connect anything with WireGuard® and manage all your networks from a single place.
headscale vs tailscale
network-manager-wireguard vs Netmaker
headscale vs Netmaker
network-manager-wireguard vs wireguird
headscale vs zero-ui
network-manager-wireguard vs MozWire
headscale vs netbird
network-manager-wireguard vs WGDashboard
headscale vs ZeroTier
network-manager-wireguard vs mozilla-vpn-client
headscale vs Nebula
network-manager-wireguard vs drago