Pangolin – Open source alternative to Cloudflare Tunnels
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:…
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Pangolin is an open-source, self-hosted reverse proxy management server that securely exposes private resources through encrypted WireGuard tunnels. It includes identity and access control features, allowing users to manage authentication and access through a dashboard interface. Designed for those who want to retain full control over their infrastructure, Pangolin serves use cases like remote app access, CGNAT bypass, and multi-cloud load balancing, with deployment taking approximately five minutes on a VPS.
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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: https://docs.fossorial.io/Getting%20Started/quick-install Demo by Lawrence Systems (YouTube): https://youtu.be/g5qOpxhhS7M?si=M1XTWLGLUZW0WzTv&t=723 Some use cases: - Grant users access to your apps from anywhere using just a web-browser - Proxy behind CGNAT - One application load balancer across multiple clouds and on-premises - Easily expose services on IoT and edge devices for field monitoring - Bring localhost online for easy access A few key features: - No port forwarding and hide your public IP for self-hosting - Create proxies to multiple different private networks - OAuth2/OIDC identity providers - Role-based access control - Raw TCP and UDP support - Resource-specific pin codes, passwords, email OTP - Self-destructing shareable links - API for automation - WAF with CrowdSec and Geoblocking
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