Open-source alternatives to Pritunl

This project is a wireless hotspot management interface for Debian devices. It provides a web-based controller for managing wireless access points, wireless repeaters, VPN gateways, and DNS ad-blocking filters. The system includes a captive portal framework to intercept network traffic via customizable splash pages and a VPN controller that supports WireGuard and OpenVPN with kill-switch functionality. It further differentiates itself with a DNS ad-blocking filter using curated blacklists and the ability to operate in multiple network modes, including bridged access point and wireless repeate

Netmaker is a platform for automating and managing virtual mesh networks built on WireGuard. It functions as a centralized control plane that orchestrates encrypted, peer-to-peer tunnels across distributed infrastructure, including cloud environments, on-premise data centers, and containerized clusters. By automating the configuration of routing tables and access policies, the system enables secure, private connectivity between diverse devices and services without requiring manual network administration. The platform distinguishes itself through its focus on zero-trust network access and soft

Nebula is a scalable, decentralized overlay networking tool designed to create secure, encrypted peer-to-peer connections between distributed hosts. By utilizing a certificate-based identity authority, it enables the construction of private communication fabrics across disparate physical infrastructures, such as multiple cloud providers or on-premises data centers, without requiring central authentication servers. The project distinguishes itself through a zero-trust architecture that enforces granular, policy-driven firewall filtering based on certificate-derived group memberships. It facili

Octelium is a zero-trust network access platform and identity-aware proxy designed to secure private HTTP, SSH, and SQL resources. It functions as a secure gateway that validates human and workload identities using OIDC, SAML, and FIDO2 passkeys before granting access to internal applications and SaaS APIs. The system is distinguished by its secretless access broker, which injects credentials—such as API keys, passwords, and AWS Sigv4 signatures—at the gateway level so users can access databases and cloud resources without managing secrets. It further specializes in AI gateway administration,

Innernet is a WireGuard VPN mesh orchestrator and control plane that automates the deployment of encrypted tunnels between distributed peers. It functions as a virtual private network that coordinates endpoint discovery and distributes network configurations from a centralized server to establish a private overlay network. The system differentiates itself through a structured peer management lifecycle, using single-use invitation files for secure onboarding and cryptographic key exchange. It provides granular network segmentation by organizing peers into named CIDR blocks, allowing administra

NetBird is a zero-trust networking platform that builds secure, encrypted peer-to-peer overlay networks using the WireGuard protocol. It functions as a software-defined perimeter, connecting distributed infrastructure across cloud environments and physical locations while hiding network resources from the public internet. By integrating with external identity providers, the platform enforces granular access control and identity-based segmentation for every user and device. The platform distinguishes itself through extensive automation and programmatic management capabilities. It provides a ce

Zeebe is a cloud-native workflow engine and distributed state machine designed for business process orchestration using BPMN and DMN standards. It operates as a high-performance gRPC workflow runtime that executes complex business processes through a partitioned event-streaming architecture. The system also functions as an orchestrator for large language model agents, coordinating AI reasoning and tool use within deterministic business processes. The engine is distinguished by its peer-to-peer broker networking and a consensus-based data replication model that ensures high availability and fa

DnsServer is a recursive and authoritative DNS server that provides domain name resolution and zone hosting. It functions as both a recursive resolver, performing iterative lookups across the internet, and an authoritative manager for primary and secondary DNS zones. The system distinguishes itself through high-availability clustering and a programmable HTTP API for automating server configurations and bulk record management. It supports a wide range of encrypted transport protocols, including TLS, HTTPS, and QUIC, and allows for custom functionality via a plugin-based request interception fr

osTicket is an open-source help desk software and ticket management system designed to centralize customer support inquiries from emails, web forms, and API requests. It functions as a multi-channel support tool that converts incoming communications into a structured queue for agent resolution and IT help desk management. The platform features a dedicated customer support portal where users can submit requests, track ticket status, and access a self-service knowledgebase of help articles and FAQs. It integrates secure OAuth2 email authentication to retrieve and send messages without storing l

Cortex is an open-source, horizontally scalable metrics platform that ingests, stores, and queries Prometheus-compatible time-series data with multi-tenant isolation. It accepts metrics via Prometheus remote write and OpenTelemetry, executes PromQL queries against both recent and historical data, and provides a Prometheus-compatible alerting and recording rule engine with an integrated Alertmanager. The system is built as a set of independently scalable microservices that use hash-ring-based sharding, gossip-based cluster membership, and tenant-aware object storage to distribute workloads acro

This project is a shell-based orchestration tool designed to automate the deployment and administration of WireGuard virtual private network servers on Linux hosts. It functions as a system-level networking utility that handles the installation of kernel modules, the configuration of secure tunnel interfaces, and the management of network routing rules to enable encrypted remote access. The tool provides an interactive command-line interface that simplifies the lifecycle management of network peers. It allows administrators to dynamically add or remove client access profiles, assign custom DN

WireGuard Manager is a system orchestration tool designed to automate the deployment, configuration, and lifecycle management of virtual private network infrastructure. It functions by translating high-level user intent into precise, declarative system configurations, managing kernel-level network interfaces, and enforcing firewall-based traffic control to ensure secure, isolated network routing. The project distinguishes itself by providing a centralized web-based management interface that abstracts the complexity of manual configuration files. It includes comprehensive administrative tools

This project is a toolkit for creating and managing X.509 certificate authorities, providing tools for the issuance, signing, and management of TLS certificates and private keys. It includes a command-line utility for generating certificate signing requests, bundling certificate chains, and parsing PEM or DER files. The system features an HTTP API server that allows for remote signing and verification of certificates using JSON requests and responses. This architecture supports automated certificate provisioning and includes a signing proxy to forward requests to remote backend services. The

This project provides a self-hosted, containerized WireGuard VPN server that simplifies network administration through a web-based management interface. It allows users to deploy and manage VPN tunnels, configure peer identities, and monitor connection status without the need for manual configuration file editing. By bundling the VPN stack into a portable container, it ensures consistent deployment and persistent state management across diverse host environments. A key differentiator is the built-in support for traffic obfuscation, which modifies packet headers and handshake patterns to help

Pangolin is a zero-trust remote access platform designed to provide secure, identity-aware connectivity to private network resources. It functions as a cloud-native network controller that orchestrates encrypted tunnels, traffic routing, and access policies across distributed environments. By leveraging WireGuard for secure data transport, the platform enables authenticated access to internal web applications, terminal sessions, and remote desktops without exposing services to the public internet. The platform distinguishes itself through a declarative infrastructure model that synchronizes n

This project is a public key infrastructure management system designed to automate the issuance, renewal, and revocation of X.509, TLS, and SSH certificates. It functions as a machine identity provider and certificate authority, enabling the establishment of private PKI to secure inter-service communication and remote access. The system distinguishes itself through hardware-bound identity attestation, which ties cryptographic keys to physical device silicon or TPMs to prevent credential exfiltration. It supports a wide array of identity verification mechanisms, including OIDC, cloud-provider

This project is a comprehensive technical documentation site and reference manual for configuring and deploying WireGuard VPN tunnels and interfaces. It serves as a guide for establishing encrypted network connections between peers using public key authentication to secure data traffic across untrusted networks. The documentation provides specific technical manuals for implementing NAT traversal solutions, including UDP hole punching and the use of bounce servers to connect peers behind restrictive firewalls. It also includes detailed guides on tunnel implementation and protocol references fo

PiVPN is an automated VPN deployer and server manager designed to establish secure gateways for remote network access. It provides a command-line tool for the installation and configuration of WireGuard and OpenVPN servers on Linux systems, with specific optimizations for single-board computers like the Raspberry Pi. The project distinguishes itself through a wrapper-based management interface that abstracts complex server commands into simplified operations. This includes automated handling of firewall rules, port forwarding, and package installation, as well as the ability to export client

This project is a privacy-focused VPN manager and WireGuard client application designed to establish encrypted tunnels that mask user IP addresses and activity. It focuses on maintaining anonymity through a system that supports account creation without personal identifying information. The application distinguishes itself with advanced privacy tools, including a multi-hop orchestrator for routing traffic through multiple sequential servers and a network traffic obfuscator that uses Shadowsocks, TCP, and QUIC to bypass deep packet inspection and censorship. It also implements quantum-resistant

Gluetun is a containerized network utility designed to route traffic from multiple Docker containers through a secure virtual private network tunnel. It functions as a network gateway that encapsulates outgoing internet traffic to provide privacy and security for isolated application services. The project distinguishes itself by utilizing Linux network namespaces to isolate container traffic, ensuring that all outgoing packets are forced through a dedicated tunnel interface. It supports both OpenVPN and WireGuard protocols, managing the connection lifecycle and routing logic as a sidecar cont

Mitmproxy is an interactive, programmable network proxy engine designed for traffic analysis and protocol manipulation. It functions as a gateway that intercepts, inspects, and modifies network traffic in real-time, supporting HTTP, HTTPS, WebSocket, DNS, and generic TCP or UDP streams. By acting as a trusted certificate authority, the proxy can dynamically generate and sign certificates to decrypt and analyze secure TLS-encrypted connections. The project distinguishes itself through a highly extensible, event-driven architecture that allows users to automate traffic transformation using cust

Nexterm is a centralized management platform for remote server administration, providing a web-based gateway for SSH, VNC, and RDP connections. It serves as a unified interface for managing remote server connectivity, secure access control, and server resource monitoring. The platform integrates a Docker container orchestrator and a virtualization management console to control LXC and QEMU containers. It features an identity gateway that supports OpenID Connect single sign-on and two-factor authentication, alongside an SFTP file manager for remote file transfer and organization. The system i

Grist is a relational spreadsheet platform that combines the flexibility of a spreadsheet with the power of a relational database. At its core, it manages structured data across multiple linked tables, using a relational database engine to organize information while providing a familiar grid interface. The platform supports Python-based formulas for complex calculations and data transformations, with automatic recalculation when referenced cells change. The system is designed for self-hosted deployment, storing data in either portable SQLite files or enterprise-grade PostgreSQL databases. It

karpenter-provider-aws is a Kubernetes node autoscaler and infrastructure provider for AWS. It serves as a node lifecycle manager and cluster cost optimizer that automatically provisions and removes compute instances based on the resource requirements of pending pods. The project distinguishes itself through advanced AWS spot instance orchestration and price-capacity optimized selection to reduce cloud spend. It minimizes costs by consolidating underutilized nodes and prioritizing spot or reserved instances over on-demand capacity, while proactively migrating workloads before cloud provider i

Element Web is a web-based communication client used for real-time messaging and collaboration via the decentralized Matrix protocol. It functions as an end-to-end encrypted messenger, a VoIP client for voice and video conferencing, and an interface for interacting with integrated bots and external bridges. The project distinguishes itself through a modular architecture that supports runtime module loading and external script imports to extend core capabilities. It provides extensive white-labeling options, allowing for the customization of application branding, visual themes, and the use of

Authboss is a modular HTTP authentication framework for managing user identity, session lifecycles, and password security. It provides a system of identity access middleware to control route access and synchronize user identity across requests via standard web protocols. The framework is distinguished by a pluggable architecture that allows for the registration of independent modules to extend identity logic. It utilizes a hook-based event system to execute custom business logic during authentication state changes and employs a selector-verifier token pattern to protect against timing attacks

Dockhand is a multi-host Docker manager and container management interface used to control the lifecycle of containers, images, volumes, and networks. It functions as a Docker Compose orchestrator and GitOps deployment tool, enabling the synchronization of application stacks directly from remote Git repositories. The project distinguishes itself as an enterprise Docker access controller, providing role-based access control and identity verification through OIDC, LDAP, and multi-factor authentication. It secures sensitive data using AES-256-GCM encryption for credentials at rest and handles na