wg-easy VS tailscale

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

wg-easy

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

tailscale

The easiest, most secure way to use WireGuard and 2FA. (by tailscale)
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wg-easy tailscale
20 1004
11,009 15,929
6.8% 4.6%
9.8 9.9
7 days ago 4 days 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.

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 2024-03-08.

What are some alternatives?

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

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.

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

pivpn - The Simplest VPN installer, designed for Raspberry Pi

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

mistborn

traefik - The Cloud Native Application Proxy

wireguard-ui - Wireguard web interface

OpenVPN - OpenVPN is an open source VPN daemon

frp - A fast reverse proxy to help you expose a local server behind a NAT or firewall to the internet.

cloudflared - Cloudflare Tunnel client (formerly Argo Tunnel)