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| tailscale | netbird | |
|---|---|---|
| 1,005 | 104 | |
| 16,437 | 8,805 | |
| 5.5% | 10.1% | |
| 9.9 | 9.7 | |
| 3 days ago | 5 days ago | |
| Go | Go | |
| BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License | BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License |
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tailscale
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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
netbird
- JIT WireGuard
- Nebula is Not the Fastest Mesh VPN (But neither are any of the others)
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A word of caution about Tailscale
Netmaker (https://www.netmaker.io/) Netbird (https://netbird.io/)
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Free Tech Tools and Resources - Multi-clock Display, Networking Tools, Digital Forensics & More
NetBird is a configuration-free, peer-to-peer private network combined with a centralized access control system. Utilizing a WireGuard-based overlay network, it ensures encrypted connections between machines without the need for complex configurations such as port openings, intricate firewall rules, or VPN gateways. Prioritizes security with intuitive management of granular access policies for secure remote access, applicable universally across any infrastructure. petr205 explains, "Their SaaS version is free up to 100 machines and 5 users, but the self-hosted version is exactly the same and has very low requirements."
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Show HN: WireHub – easily create and share WireGuard networks
It is always great to see another solution using Wireguard, which is a great technology for modern private connectivity.
I built https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird, which can be self-hosted and offers an option to run Wireguard without managing firewalls for P2P connectivity.
- Would we still create Nebula today?
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Netbirdio/netbird: Connect devices into a single private WireGuard mesh network
https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird#quickstart-with-netbird...
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NetMaker: Connect Everything with a WireGuard VPN
I'd add to that list Netbird, which is the one I ended up using after trying all of the above.
https://netbird.io/
What are some alternatives?
headscale - An open source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server
Netmaker - Netmaker makes networks with WireGuard. Netmaker automates fast, secure, and distributed virtual networks.
ZeroTier - A Smart Ethernet Switch for Earth
pivpn - The Simplest VPN installer, designed for Raspberry Pi
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.
mistborn
drago - ☁️ Securely connect anything with WireGuard® and manage all your networks from a single place.