wg-easy VS headscale

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

wg-easy

The easiest way to run WireGuard VPN + Web-based Admin UI. (by wg-easy)

headscale

An open source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server (by juanfont)
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wg-easy headscale
20 221
11,511 19,446
6.6% -
9.8 9.2
1 day ago about 8 hours ago
JavaScript Go
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License
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wg-easy

Posts with mentions or reviews of wg-easy. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-28.

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.

What are some alternatives?

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

wireguard-ui - Wireguard web interface

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

pivpn - The Simplest VPN installer, designed for Raspberry Pi

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

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.

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

wg-manager - A easy to use WireGuard dashboard and management tool

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

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

ZeroTier - A Smart Ethernet Switch for Earth

WGDashboard - Simplest dashboard for WireGuard VPN written in Python w/ Flask

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