nixos-machines VS headscale

Compare nixos-machines vs headscale and see what are their differences.

headscale

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

Posts with mentions or reviews of nixos-machines. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-10.
  • Aider: AI pair programming in your terminal
    13 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Apr 2024
    Thanks for open sourcing this project! I've packaged it with nix to make it easier for others to use: https://github.com/nixvital/ml-pkgs/blob/main/pkgs/aider/def...

    If you are running nixos, an example of using it can be found here: https://github.com/breakds/nixos-machines/blob/main/flake.ni...

  • Ask HN: How can a total beginner start with self-hosting
    21 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 5 Oct 2022
    I have been there. The progress was rather slow until I started to use NixOS. The learning curve is a bit steep but is very rewarding. It is not specific to self-hosting stuff, but as a side effect it makes self hosting super easy (declarative, readable, etc).

    For most of the services that you would like, you just write a simple configuration and deploy it. For example, to run the service shiori (https://github.com/breakds/nixos-machines/blob/main/machines...), or to host a game (terraria) server (https://github.com/breakds/nixos-machines/blob/main/machines...), or tailscale (https://github.com/breakds/nixos-machines/blob/main/base/tai...). Since Nix is also a very good package manager, you also do not have to deal with installing packages and managing their dependencies.

    With my NixOS server I am running all the services you mentioned, and also my router is just a bunch of services running on a NixOS box.

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 2024-04-30.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing nixos-machines and headscale you can also consider the following projects:

vaultwarden - Unofficial Bitwarden compatible server written in Rust, formerly known as bitwarden_rs

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

Sandstorm - Sandstorm is a self-hostable web productivity suite. It's implemented as a security-hardened web app package manager.

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

yunohost - YunoHost is an operating system aiming to simplify as much as possible the administration of a server. This repository corresponds to the core code, written mostly in Python and Bash.

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

Self-host-GitLab-CI-for-GitHub - Installs your own GitLab CI and runs it on all your GitHub repos, in a single command.

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

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.

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