Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Dedicated VPN Server(s) with Tor Bridges and a Tiny Hardware Client launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1SV
   Simple VPN▲5

   2022 · webvpn.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   TinyHardwareFirewall▲78

   When a VPN Alone Is Not Enough

   2014 · tinyhardwarefirewall.com · its alternatives →

3. 3DA
   DN42 – a free, BGP-routed VPN▲7

   2023 · dn42.dev · its alternatives →

4. 4
   VoCore▲75

   A coin-sized Linux computer with wifi

   2014 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Reverse engineered Opera VPN client▲8

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Gatekeeper, a hobbyist DHCP server written Go▲7

   2022 · gitlab.com · its alternatives →

7. 7ED
   Event-driven, user-space and highly-scalable TCP/IP stack [pdf]▲29

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8RA
   Ranvier, a Node.js based telnet MUD codebase▲5

   2017 · ranviermud.com · its alternatives →

9. 9PT
   Peer-to-Peer Direct Connections▲7

   2024 · roberts.pm · its alternatives →

10. 10AP
    A privacy appliance for email over Tor▲5

    2015 · lookingglass.email · its alternatives →

11. 11
    A cross platform SOCKS5 proxy for TLS traffic inspection & manipulation▲5

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12PF
    PubStorm – Free CLI-based static web hosting with Let's Encrypt support▲9

    2016 · pubstorm.com · its alternatives →

13. 13FM
    Fog Machine – Making hosting servers from home more accessible▲5

    2020 · fogmachine.io · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Gravitational Teleport▲4

    Modern SSH server for managing distributed infrastructure

    2016 · goteleport.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Freenom▲7

    A fast and anonymous Public DNS resolver

    2017 · freenom.world · its alternatives →

16. 16TA
    TinySSE, an SSE server programmable with Lua▲5

    2025 · tinysse.com · its alternatives →

17. 17AW
    A web-browser to web-browser file sharing app (uses WebSockets, no DB)▲9

    2020 · easy-file-share.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

18. 18AV
    A very simple http “proxy” on runkit▲5

    2017 · runkit.io · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Put.io▲8

    Hassle-free torrenting in the cloud

    2014 · put.io · its alternatives →

20. 20OS
    Open-Source Peer-to-Peer Network to “Decentralize the Cloud”▲6

    2021 · hurracloud.io · its alternatives →

21. 21
    VPS marketplace for 5 Clouds in Yer Terminal▲6

    Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    An Useful MCP Server▲8

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23BA
    Built a secure 100% serverless WeTransfer replica in one day using AWS▲6

    2021 · zansfer.io · its alternatives →

24. 24
    FaaS-netes – Porting Serverless FaaS to K8s▲5

    2017 · youtube.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →