headscale VS wgsd

Compare headscale vs wgsd and see what are their differences.

headscale

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

wgsd

A CoreDNS plugin that provides WireGuard peer information via DNS-SD semantics (by jwhited)
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9.2 2.8
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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.

wgsd

Posts with mentions or reviews of wgsd. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-01.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing headscale and wgsd 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.

innernet - A private network system that uses WireGuard under the hood.

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

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

cjdns - An encrypted IPv6 network using public-key cryptography for address allocation and a distributed hash table for routing.

ZeroTier - A Smart Ethernet Switch for Earth

wireproxy - Wireguard client that exposes itself as a socks5 proxy

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

dsnet - FAST command to manage a centralised wireguard VPN. Think wg-quick but quicker: key generation + address allocation.