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24 alternatives to Weron – A Peer-to-Peer VPN Based on WebRTC Written in Go

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 :)

Weron is a peer-to-peer VPN built in Go that uses WebRTC for transport to create overlay networks at layer 2 or layer 3. It offers an alternative to Tailscale, WireGuard, and ZeroTier with easier setup and increased… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Weron – A Peer-to-Peer VPN Based on WebRTC Written in Go launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Simple, auditable & elegant VPN, built with TLS mutual authentication and TUN. - twitchyliquid64/subnet

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I'm the founder at Netrinos. I built a WireGuard-based mesh VPN because remote access has always been a pain. After years of SSH tunnels, IPsec headaches, and the ssh log horror movie, I wanted something simpler: install, sign in, get work done. Netrinos creates a LAN-like overlay network across your devices. Connections are direct P2P via WireGuard, with no central server routing traffic. Each device gets a stable IP and DNS name (pc.you.netrinos.com). When direct connections fail, they fall back to a relay server that's still encrypted end-to-end. We can't see your traffic. The most…

    Dec 2025 · netrinos.com · its alternatives →

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    URnetwork▲233

    Say goodbye to your VPN and hello to a P2P powered web

    2025 · ur.io · its alternatives →

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    WireHub is a side project I've been working on, on and off, for close to a year now. It's made with django and minimal javascript. It's a hosted WireGuard config generator/manager, that you can invite others to join your networks and manage their own configs/devices. It's still very much a beta, maybe an mvp, but I just wanted to get some early from the community. Thanks!

    2023 · wirehub.org · 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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    A modern serverless VPN based on WireGuard

    2024 · upvpn.app · 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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    Start WebRTC in the browser—run it somewhere else. Contribute to pion/handoff development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

  10. 10PT

    Hi HN, This is a site where users can submit content and the shortest SHA256 value of nonce+content among them will make the site display the content. Very basic, without a blockchain. It's a static site with WebRTC and peer-to-peer. Why? I wanted r/place (Reddit canvas where users collaborate on a pixel grid), but with proof of work. This is my progress so far. It's a WebRTC app with peer to peer connectivity that forwards the best hashed values to other users, which verify them, display them and pass them on. There are many many improvements to be done (especially I should probably…

    2024 · tropical.pages.dev · 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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    gRPC over WebRTC. Contribute to jsmouret/grpc-over-webrtc development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey folks! We have just released NetBird. It is a big update so I decided to share it here and get your feedback :) NetBird creates an overlay peer-to-peer network connecting machines automatically regardless of their location (home, office, data center, container, cloud, or edge environments) unifying virtual private network management experience. It uses ICE protocol (WebRTC) to negotiate p2p connections and WireGuard (kernel module, when possible) to create a fast and encrypted tunnel between machines, falling back to relay (TURN) in case a p2p connection isn't possible. Pretty much just…

    2022 · github.com · 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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    Over the past couple of months, I've been working on connet. At this point, it is working pretty smoothly (in what I use it for), so I wanted to share it with more people and see what they think. I know many other similar/reverse proxy solutions exist - like https://github.com/fatedier/frp, https://github.com/rapiz1/rathole, and a bunch more you can find at https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling. However, I wanted to try and put my own little peer-to-peer twist on it. Thanks for checking it out, and sharing any…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    build network tunnels over WebRTC. Contribute to rtctunnel/rtctunnel development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I spent the last 1.5 years working out how to scale a decentralized network safely and efficiently to millions of users. URnetwork is a market for network capacity, where each connection races to find the best provider on the network. This means users have many IP addresses that continually cycle, and users can directly connect to each other, which is great for privacy when some minimum conditions are met. Because the world already has a bunch of hardware and network capacity that can be used, the challenges were to design a protocol to make it safe to use and participate, fast and reliable,…

    2025 · ur.io · its alternatives →

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    UpVPN▲103

    Serverless VPN on WireGuard, many devices, no subscription

    2023 · upvpn.app · its alternatives →

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    The easiest way to run WireGuard VPN + Web-based Admin UI. - wg-easy/README.md at master · WeeJeWel/wg-easy

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    🖥️ P2P Remote Desktop - Portable peer-to-peer remote desktop with no installation required. - miroslavpejic85/p2p

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    SCTP is a low level protocol focused on reliable packet transmission. Unlike hopelessly flinging packets from one device to another, it makes sure that the packets are correct using CRC, removes duplicate packets, and allows for packets to be sent in any order. Going into an established library, I thought that everything was already implemented and that there wasn't anything to do until I went through the existing issues and organized all the tasks and decided on an order. Sean DuBois (https://github.com/Sean-Der), one of the co-creators and current maintainers of Pion, an…

    2025 · pion.ly · its alternatives →

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    P2P WebRTC based encrypted data transfer between peers. - abhishekgahlot/gutenberg-rtc

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Fast, modern, secure VPN tunnel

    2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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