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24 alternatives to I built an ISP infrastructure emulator from scratch with a custom vBNG
Demo: https://aether.saphal.me GitHub: https://github.com/saphalpdyl/Aether Aether is a multi-BNG (Broadband Network Gateway) ISP infrastructure lab built almost from scratch that emulates IPoE IPv4 subscriber management end-to-end. It supports IPoE/Ipv4 networks and runs a python-based vBNG with RADIUS AAA, per-subscriber traffic shaping, and traffic simulation emulated on Containerlab. It is also my first personal networking project, built roughly over a month. Motivations behind the project I'm a CS sophomore. About three years ago, I was assigned, as an…
Aether is an ISP infrastructure lab that emulates broadband network operations end-to-end using multiple virtual Broadband Network Gateways. Built with Containerlab, it handles IPoE IPv4 subscriber management, RADIUS… 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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Aether▲26Since coding agents like Claude Code and Codex came out, I've been pretty obsessed with them. It's hard not to when you're getting a 20x discount on inference. I've also been frustrated by them a lot. I hated walking around with my laptop lid open while connected to a hotspot on my phone, having to tediously accept commands so I don't lose my root directory, and running out of RAM when running multiple agents that were spinning up dev servers in different worktrees at once. A lot of people would say existing cloud agents are the solution to this, as none of the above problems apply to any…
Jul 2026 · runaether.dev · its alternatives →
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Aegisora▲93The narrow control plane for AI agent tool and API calls.
Aug 2026 · aegisora-ai.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, To truly understand how operating systems and network protocols work, I decided to combine two classic learning tools: the xv6 teaching OS and a from-scratch TCP/IP stack. I'm excited to share the result: my own from-scratch TCP/IP networking stack running directly inside the xv6-riscv (https://github.com/pandax381/xv6-riscv-net) kernel. The project uses a modern virtio-net driver, allowing it to run seamlessly in QEMU and communicate with the host machine. Key features: - From-Scratch Stack: The core is powered by microps…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I've been building Aether, a background agent that takes production errors from Sentry and attempts to turn them into verified pull requests. When a new error hits your Sentry project: 1. Sentry webhook fires with the stack trace, breadcrumbs, and context 2. Aether spins up an isolated Fly.io VM and clones the repo at the relevant commit 3. Agent analyzes the stack trace, reproduces the issue, proposes a fix 4. Starts the dev server, re-runs tests, and can verify the running app with Playwright (headless Chromium is pre-installed in every VM) 5. A review pass evaluates the diff…
Feb 2026 · its alternatives →
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Expose local http, tcp or websocket connections to the public internet - amalshaji/portr
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Next-gen Node.js CMS built for creators, devs, and teams.
2025 · aether-cms.pages.dev · its alternatives →
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I've just released an early version off my project I've been working on for a few months now and would love some feedback. https://github.com/fourlexboehm/faasta I was surprised there isn't yet an open/source and standards compliant way to host wasi-http functions in a way that takes advantages of WASM, a multi tenanted application. If you're not familiar with wasi, Compared to something like AWS Lambda, this approach is much more efficient as a single process can serve 1000s of function invocations concurrently and asynchronously, instead requiring an entire VM.…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! This is Adil, Salman and Jose and and we’re behind archgw [1]. An intelligent proxy server designed as an edge and AI gateway for agents - one that natively know how to handle prompts, not just network traffic. We’ve made several sweeping changes so sharing the project again. A bit of background on why we’ve built this project. Building AI agent demos is easy, but to create something production-ready there is a lot of repeat low-level plumbing work that everyone is doing. You’re applying guardrails to make sure unsafe or off-topic requests don’t get through. You’re clarifying vague…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Autonomous spatial computing & self-healing engine
Aug 2026 · aether-nexus-engine-87rj.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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I found hping3 and nmap's nping to be far too slow in terms of sending individual, bare-minimum (40-byte) TCP SYN packets; other than inefficient socket I/O, they were also attempting to do far too much unnecessary processing in what should have otherwise been a tight execution loop. Furthermore, none of them were able to handle CIDR notations (i.e., a range of IP addresses) as their source IP parameter. Being intended for embedded devices (e.g., low-power MIPS/Arm-based routers), Blitzping only depends on standard POSIX headers and C11's libc (whether musl or gnu). To that end,…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Dear HN community! Looking forward to hearing your feedback on ACE (assured confidential execution), technology that implements VM-based trusted execution environment (TEE) for embedded RISC-V systems with focus on a formally verified and auditable firmware. We target high-assurance systems that can benefit from compartmentalization and hardware-backed isolation. The key ingredient called security monitor (firmware) is implemented in Rust. The formal specification is defined as annotations directly in code and gets translated to Coq using RefinedRust automation. ACE design is now part of the…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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AGG Loop▲93Secure, forever-free localhost tunnels (ex-Deposure).
Apr 2026 · agglabs.com · its alternatives →
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A minimal library for building scalable TCP servers in Erlang - sinasamavati/condor
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I wanted to give my family, who are scattered all over the world, a simple and private way to connect. The commercial options didn't quite fit, and the open-source tools I found were a bit too barebones and not friendly enough for non-technical users. My main goal was to build something completely self-service. I wanted my family to be able to manage their own devices without my help, so I could set it up once and then stay out of it. This led me to build LeiaGuard, a self-hostable UI for WireGuard built with Next.js. To make it truly easy for everyone, the interface is available in…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A full AI creative studio, at your agent's command
Jun 2026 · aetherwavestudio.com · its alternatives →
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TL;DR: I built a lightweight, self-hosted HTTP tunnel that turns localhost into a public HTTPS URL. No paid plans, no secret black boxes. Just one Go binary, Caddy with wildcard TLS, and a $0/month Oracle Cloud VM. GitHub repo Why I Built It My development workflow lives mostly on a free Oracle Clou
2025 · nexo.sh · its alternatives →
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hi there! i’ve been working on a project called Narwhal, and I wanted to share it with the community to get some valuable feedback. what is it? Narwhal is a lightweight Pub/Sub server and protocol designed specifically for edge applications. while there are great tools out there like NATS or MQTT, i wanted to build something that prioritizes customization and extensibility. my goal was to create a system where developers can easily adapt the routing logic or message handling pipeline to fit specific edge use cases, without fighting the server's defaults. why Rust? i chose Rust because i…
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Aether▲1All-in-one private messaging, public feeds & live streaming
Aug 2026 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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I built a chained VPN lab to support multi-user traffic isolation using only raw Linux tools. Each user gets: - A WireGuard tunnel - A dedicated namespace (wg-$user) bridged via veth - NAT and routing table override - A second namespace (ovpn-$user) running OpenVPN - Final egress through tun1 The entire setup is controlled with bash scripts and PostgreSQL — no Docker, no containers, no Python, just raw netns, iptables, ip rule and shell. Built for GDPR-compliant VPN infra with real isolation per collaborator. Code and README:…
2025 · 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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Aether 2▲2A P2P network of ephemeral, privacy-sensitive communities
2018 · getaether.net · its alternatives →
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Hi Hacker News, I’d like to introduce PipeGate, a lightweight, self-hosted proxy built with FastAPI. I created PipeGate as a fun little exercise to understand how tunneling services work under the hood. PipeGate allows you to expose your local servers to the internet, giving you full control over your setup.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Aether▲3Hi HN. I’m Akash. I started working on this after a personal experience where a serious illness in my family went undiagnosed until very late, despite years of lab reports, prescriptions, and scans. The data existed, but it was scattered across portals and PDFs, and no one was looking at it together over time. I ended up copying values into spreadsheets just to see if anything stood out. That experience made something obvious to me: medicine is longitudinal, but healthcare software treats every visit as a separate event. This project is a longitudinal health record that brings medical data…
Feb 2026 · myaether.live · its alternatives →
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