Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Erebus, A VPN client that runs rootless in user space
Having been regularly annoyed by Proton and even Gmail search on emails, especially after working every day with coding agents in the past year or so, I wanted to catch up the experience of searching emails to the rest of the world. Not a big innovation, but a real itch scratcher as far as I'm concerned.
Erebus is a VPN client designed to run rootless in user space, eliminating the need for administrative privileges. Intended for users who need VPN functionality without system-level access requirements, it offers a… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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1.1.1.1 Warp▲544Free VPN by Cloudflare for iOS and Android
2019 · one.one.one.one · its alternatives →
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WireHole offers a unified docker-compose project that integrates WireGuard, PiHole, and Unbound, complete with a user interface. This solution is designed to empower users to swiftly set up and manage either a full or split-tunnel WireGuard VPN. It features ad-blocking capabilities through PiHole and enhanced DNS caching and privacy options via Unbound. The intuitive UI makes deployment and ongoing management straightforward, providing a comprehensive VPN solution with added privacy features.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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SSH-based "VPN for poors". Contribute to ivanilves/xiringuito development by creating an account on GitHub.
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Free VPN for Desktop — Privacy & Speed for Everyone.
2021 · one.one.one.one · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, For the past few months, I've been exploring tools that integrate with the Linux networking stack. This led me to build SafeHaven, a lightweight and configurable VPN implementation written in Go. The goal was to better understand how virtual private networks work at a fundamental level. Would love feedback from the community! Repo link: https://github.com/kwakubiney/safehaven
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I spent the last few months reading the RISC‑V specification to build the lightest possible sandboxes. The idea behind a vpod is to quickly spin up a Linux sandbox from snapshots (Alpine by default) without any setup or subsystem required. The trade-off for portability and security is raw CPU speed. So we don't expect it to match native workloads with Python or pip, for example. More info is in the README https://github.com/capsulerun/vpod Happy to answer any questions!
Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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OpenConnect proxy. Contribute to cernekee/ocproxy development by creating an account on GitHub.
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Lightweight system monitor for Linux VPS. Contribute to leodeim/vpsmon development by creating an account on GitHub.
Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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An user-friendly OpenVPN® client for iOS and macOS
2019 · partout.io · its alternatives →
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A Lightweight VPN Built on top of IPFS + Libp2p for Truly Distributed Networks (fork) - hyprspace/hyprspace
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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User space WireGuard port-forward in Rust. Contribute to aramperes/onetun development by creating an account on GitHub.
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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So, I have developed this web application (http://instantserver.tk) that provisions a linux virtual private server for developers. Please use this app for any wild testing and let me know how I can improve this for you!
2015 · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I'd like to share a small Go utility I wrote called prxy. The idea was born out of my frustration with accessing my self-hosted services when I'm on the go. I use WireGuard to connect to my homelab, but I really dislike sending all my computer's traffic through my home network — it slows things down and is inconvenient. I wanted proper application-level split-tunneling. A tool I love, wireproxy, got me most of the way there by creating an HTTP proxy from a WireGuard peer. This is perfect for apps that let you configure a proxy. The problem was the other 10%: apps that don't. Think of…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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The only way to go fast is full YOLO mode in your coding agent. I've got the local sandbox figured out (pro tip: Incus VMs work great) but I wanted to keep my agents from doing things like inadvertently blowing up my cloud services or chasing a prompt to POST to some random website. I struggle most with this on my side projects where my permission model isn't quite as robust as it is at the office. I started with a firewall on the Incus container but every time the agent needed access to something new, I was poking more holes in it - and it didn't differentiate between HTTP verbs. I've been…
Jul 2026 · trollbridge.dev · its alternatives →
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Hello HN! We've been working on a new hypervisor https://kwarantine.xyz that can run strongly isolated containers. This is still a WIP, but we wanted to give the community an idea about our approach, its benefits, and various use cases it unlocks. Today, VMs are used to host containers, and make up for the lack of strong security as well as kernel isolation in containers. This work adds this missing security piece in containers. We plan on launching a free private beta soon. Meanwhile, we'd deeply appreciate any feedback, and happy to answer any questions here or on our slack…
2021 · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I’m the creator of Cordum. I’ve been working in DevOps and infrastructure for years (currently in the fintech/security space), and as I started playing with AI agents, I noticed a scary pattern. Most "safety" mechanisms rely on system prompts ("Please don't do X") or flimsy Python logic inside the agent itself. If we treat agents as autonomous employees, giving them root access and hoping they listen to instructions felt insane to me. I wanted a way to enforce hard constraints that the LLM cannot override, no matter how "jailbroken" it gets. So I built Cordum. It’s an open-source…
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A cross-platform, headless BitTorrent client with low memory footprint. - hadouken/hadouken
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Swiss-based VPN developed by the ProtonMail Team
2017 · protonvpn.com · its alternatives →
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Voltius▲8A blazing fast, local-first SSH & SFTP client built with Rust and Tauri. E2EE sync, SFTP drag & drop, Docker, plugins, and more. Free forever.
Jun 2026 · voltius.app · its alternatives →
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Over the past few months, as we scaled our internal AI Agents, we hit a dead end: Running LLM-generated arbitrary code in Docker is basically running naked on security due to container escape risks. But using full traditional VMs takes minutes to boot and eats too much memory to support high-density concurrency. We loved the developer experience of SaaS sandboxes on the market, but they are closed-source, expensive, and have too high a barrier to entry for self-hosting. So, our team decided to build our own. After months of grinding, using RustVMM and KVM, we built a blazing-fast,…
Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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We've been working with the Ethereum Foundation & Flashbots to build tooling and infrastructure for developers to test various workflows for Ethereum. As part of that work, anyone can now spin up a local Ethereum dev net with the entire Flashbots mev-boost infra (relayer, builder, boost) using the ethereum-package. This package supports all EL and CL client types, works on Kubernetes for scale testing, and comes with a few bells and whistles like metrics, mock-builders, and beacon chain explorers. This is the de-facto tool for teams modifying and testing the consensus layer. Here's a full…
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I built vetr.is, a cloud hosting in Iceland focused on privacy and renewable energy. *What it offers:* - Iceland location with 100% renewable energy - AMD Ryzen CPUs + NVMe storage - Hourly billing, no contracts - Price-locked subscriptions - Tor-friendly interface *Pricing:* Starting at €5/month for 1 CPU, 0.5GB RAM, 10GB storage. Pay only for what you use. https://vetr.is Happy to answer questions!
Nov 2025 · vetr.is · its alternatives →
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