core
Backend server API handling user mgmt, database, storage and real-time component (by staticbackendhq)
tailscale
The easiest, most secure way to use WireGuard and 2FA. (by tailscale)
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| core | tailscale | |
|---|---|---|
| 51 | 1,005 | |
| 662 | 16,437 | |
| 1.4% | 5.5% | |
| 7.4 | 9.9 | |
| 6 days ago | 5 days ago | |
| Go | Go | |
| MIT License | BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License |
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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.
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.
core
Posts with mentions or reviews of core.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-29.
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StaticBackend v1.5 is released - open source backend server API
As a recap, StaticBackend is a simple backend server API easy to self-host or importable in Go program without hosting a separate server.
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Get started with React and StaticBackend
StaticBackend is a simple backend server API you may use to build complex web applications. Fully open source and easy to self-host. It handles lot of backend building blocks.
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StaticBackend v1.5: simple and easy to self-host backend API for your apps
I want to put StaticBackend on your radar. It's an open-source backend API I've worked on for more than 3.5+ years.
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A backend API with schedule jobs, full-text search, and other advanced functionalities
I'd like to put StaticBackend - GitHub in your radar. It's a simple backend server API that tries to handle most of the common functiionalities found in web applications. It's open-source and very easy to self-host.
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Looking for contributors for StaticBackend, a backend API in Go
Since people often ask where they could contribute to a Go project, I thought I'd jump in as I took some times to create some good first contribution issues for StaticBackend.
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Need suggestions to contribute open source Golang projects 🙏
It's not always present in issues what has to be done in a project. On that note, I'd shamelessly suggest to look at StaticBackend which is a backend API to help expedite v1 (MVP) launch time.
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Examples of an idiomatic API project
I can tell you what I like and don't like about my open source backend API (self-hosted Firebase) https://github.com/staticbackendhq/core
- What are well-developed web applications in Golang?
- Is there a good example of an open source non-trivial (DB connection, authentication, authorization, data validation, tests, etc...) Go API?
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Open-source golang project suggestions for contributing
Hey, if you're interested in web backend I started StaticBackend - GitHub repo in 2019. It's a REST backend server which aim to provide most of the common building blocks like user authentication, database, file storage, websocket, schedule tasks, server-side function.
tailscale
Posts with mentions or reviews of tailscale.
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
Tailscale
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How to update Go version of tailscaled on macOS
I'm using the GitHub version of tailscaled on one of my Macs as a background daemon launched at boot. To upgrade to the latest version, try the following:
- Home Lab Guide
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🛡️4 Top Database Security Tools in 2024 🏆🔥
Tailscale is a VPN service that makes the devices and applications you own accessible anywhere in the world, securely and effortlessly. It enables encrypted point-to-point connections using the open source WireGuard® protocol, which means only devices on your private network can communicate with each other.
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Apple Announces Changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store in the European Union
Might be possible to do using a VPN as long as you can get broadcast/multicast packets forwarded.
Tailscale unfortunately doesn't support it...yet?
https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/1013
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GitHub issues from top Open Source Golang Repositories that you should contribute to
Tailscale - Make depaware output patch compatible
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I have made a smalll NAS server using samba. What is the port to fwd to get to it externally
Tailscale is another way of doing it. I'm using it to access my Pi's Samba shares from my phone but it works from Windows as well.
- Remote Printing
- SSH configuration
- Loss of remote access
What are some alternatives?
When comparing core and tailscale you can also consider the following projects:
pocketbase - Open Source realtime backend in 1 file
headscale - An open source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server
keploy - Test generation for Developers. Generate tests and stubs for your application that actually work!
Netmaker - Netmaker makes networks with WireGuard. Netmaker automates fast, secure, and distributed virtual networks.
hera - High Efficiency Reliable Access to data stores
netbird - Connect your devices into a single secure private WireGuard®-based mesh network with SSO/MFA and simple access controls.
loxilb - eBPF based cloud-native load-balancer. Powering Kubernetes|Edge|5G|IoT|XaaS Apps.
ZeroTier - A Smart Ethernet Switch for Earth
go-zero - A cloud-native Go microservices framework with cli tool for productivity.
pivpn - The Simplest VPN installer, designed for Raspberry Pi
changie - Automated changelog tool for preparing releases with lots of customization options
Nebula - A scalable overlay networking tool with a focus on performance, simplicity and security