headscale VS wg-access-server

Compare headscale vs wg-access-server and see what are their differences.

headscale

An open source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server (by juanfont)

wg-access-server

An all-in-one WireGuard VPN solution with a web ui for connecting devices (by Place1)
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headscale wg-access-server
221 14
19,446 1,748
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9.2 0.0
6 days ago about 2 months ago
Go TypeScript
BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License MIT License
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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.

wg-access-server

Posts with mentions or reviews of wg-access-server. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-04-04.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing headscale and wg-access-server you can also consider the following projects:

tailscale - The easiest, most secure way to use WireGuard and 2FA.

wg-gen-web - Simple Web based configuration generator for WireGuard

Netmaker - Netmaker makes networks with WireGuard. Netmaker automates fast, secure, and distributed virtual networks.

wireguard-install - WireGuard VPN installer for Linux servers

zero-ui - ZeroUI - ZeroTier Controller Web UI - is a web user interface for a self-hosted ZeroTier network controller.

subspace - A simple WireGuard VPN server GUI

netbird - Connect your devices into a single secure private WireGuard®-based mesh network with SSO/MFA and simple access controls.

Nebula - A scalable overlay networking tool with a focus on performance, simplicity and security

ZeroTier - A Smart Ethernet Switch for Earth

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.

docker-guacamole - A self-contained guacamole docker container for x64 and ARM. Remotely connect over SSH, RDP or VNC using HTML5.