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24 alternatives to Tailscale
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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Tailscale launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Tailscale SSH▲126More easily and securely manage SSH connections
2022 · tailscale.com · its alternatives →
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My elderly parents are behind a 5G connection in rural areas, and I help them manage their network from overseas. I found a reasonably priced 5G router that can do external antennas required for it to work, but the only reasonable ways to get access to it is either through OpenVPN or WireGuard, the latter of which is much more lightweight and preferred with the memory constraints of the device. The problem with WireGuard is that it requires handling key management oneself, and configuring the keys to every device you want to access it from. It also doesn't play nicely together with other…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A security auditor for Tailscale configurations. Scans your tailnet for misconfigurations, overly permissive access controls, and security best practice violations. - Adversis/tailsnitch
Jan 2026 · 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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Free VPN for Desktop — Privacy & Speed for Everyone.
2021 · one.one.one.one · its alternatives →
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Mozilla VPN▲350A VPN from the trusted pioneer in internet privacy.
2020 · mozilla.org · its alternatives →
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tailscale,wireguard,SSH,Terminal,VPN,VPN Conflict
2025 · galaxnet.cc · its alternatives →
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TailMux▲114Multiple Tailscale tailnets at once, no switching + no VM
Jul 2026 · tailmux.app · its alternatives →
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ts-ssh solves a specific problem: accessing machines on your Tailnet from environments where you can't install the full Tailscale daemon (like CI/CD runners or restricted systems). It uses Tailscale's tsnet library to establish userspace connectivity, then provides a standard SSH experience. Works with existing workflows since it supports normal SSH features like ProxyCommand, key auth, and terminal handling. Some features that proved useful: • Parallel command execution across multiple hosts • Built-in tmux session management for multi-host work • SCP-style file transfers • Works on…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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1.1.1.1 + WARP▲315The free app that makes your Internet faster.
2019 · one.one.one.one · 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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Hey HN! I just released weron, a P2P VPN that uses WebRTC for transport which I've been working on for the last couple of months. It can create both layer 2/Ethernet and layer 3/IP overlay networks, and the underlying transport layer can be easily embedded to write your own P2P apps with Go. Compared to for example Tailscale, WireGuard and ZeroTier, its much harder to block on a network level and also significantly easier to set up, while not sacrifing much performance. I'd love to get your feedback :)
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A smart VPN security solution for SME businesses
2018 · keepsolid.com · its alternatives →
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Encrypted, secure, private web connection for safe browsing
2020 · vpnunlimited.com · its alternatives →
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Hi, I just saw this tweet[^1] by @QuinnyPig that mentions accessing your Pi-hole while traveling thanks to TailScale and wondered how to deploy Pi-hole at the edge, instead of a home lab, for improved latency. My simple solution involves running it on Fly.io to make it easy to relocate anywhere, and embedding tailscale into the same firecracker VM (né docker container) to keep the infra dead simple and cheap. Naively deploying a publicly accessible DNS resolver is not ideal[^2] so the main constraint was to secure the VM by 1) keeping all public ports closed and 2) having Pi-hole listen only…
2022 · github.com · 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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A simple, distributed, zero-configuration WireGuard mesh solution - webmeshproj/webmesh
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Use the internet privately, securely, and restriction-free.
2020 · purevpn.com · its alternatives →
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