Self-hosted Tailscale alternative?

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  • headscale

    An open source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server

    • Yep, it's even mentioned in the Tailscale docs. Headscale reimplements the proprietary control server that helps Tailscale nodes talk to each other. The official Tailscale client is open source.

  • wg-easy

    The easiest way to run WireGuard VPN + Web-based Admin UI.

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • 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.

  • netbird

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

  • tailscale

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

    • Yep, it's even mentioned in the Tailscale docs. Headscale reimplements the proprietary control server that helps Tailscale nodes talk to each other. The official Tailscale client is open source.

  • Milliner_Docker

    a Dockerized version of Milliner, itself a lightweight Headscale management web-UI.

  • headscale-ui

    A web frontend for the headscale Tailscale-compatible coordination server

    • There's also gurucomputing/headscale-ui which I've used personally. It's been adequate, though the lack of native arm64 builds until recently has put me off a bit.

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