Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Pangolin
Open-source identity-based VPN & remote access platform
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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Pangolin is an open source self-hosted tunneled reverse proxy management server with identity and access control, designed to securely expose private resources through encrypted WireGuard tunnels running in user space. We made Pangolin so you retain full control over your infrastructure while providing a user-friendly and feature-rich solution for managing proxies, authentication, and access, all with a clean and simple dashboard web UI. GitHub: https://github.com/fosrl/pangolin Deployment takes about 5 minutes on a VPS:…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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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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Tunnello VPN▲251Fast VPN that unblocks internet and protects your privacy
2016 · anyip.io · its alternatives →
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A fork of `sudo` with Touch ID support. Contribute to mattrajca/sudo-touchid development by creating an account on GitHub.
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Pubky Core▲126Open-source protocol for a decentralized, user-owned web
2024 · pubky.org · its alternatives →
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One identity layer for your customers, APIs, and agents
Jul 2026 · monocloud.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, we're a YC startup building an open-source, privacy-first alternative to Perplexity Comet. No invite system unlike bunch of others – you can download it today from our website or GitHub: https://github.com/browseros-ai/BrowserOS --- Why bother building an alternative? We believe browsers will become the new operating systems, where we offload much bunch of our work to AI agents. But these agents will have access to all your sensitive data – emails, docs, on top of your browser history. Open-source, privacy-first alternatives need to exist. We're not a search or ad…
2025 · browseros.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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Secure, protect & bypass! The Internet without boundaries
2019 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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A cloud native Identity & Access Proxy / API (IAP) and Access Control Decision API that authenticates, authorizes, and mutates incoming HTTP(s) requests. Inspired by the BeyondCorp / Zero Trust white paper. Written in Go. - ory/oathkeeper
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! Happy to finally launch Stack. We made it because we like to put apps into production quickly, and authentication & user management was taking up way too much time. We have components like and that automatically adapt to whatever theme & design system you're using. Check the blog post to see the example with Radix UI and Joy UI. Also, there's an admin dashboard for monitoring and editing accounts. Stack is 100% AGPL/MIT-licensed, so you can self-host it. Cheers!
2024 · stack-auth.com · its alternatives →
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Use Touch ID / Secure Enclave for SSH Authentication! - sekey/sekey
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Panguard.AI▲20Open-source malware scanner and runtime guard for AI agents
Jul 2026 · panguard.ai · its alternatives →
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1-click, self-hosted deployment of OpenVPN with DNS ad blocking sinkhole - ezaquarii/vpn-at-home
2018 · 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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