Self-Hosted Virtual Private Network Apps

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  1. OpenVPN Connect icon
     763 likes

    OpenVPN Connect provides flexible VPN solutions to secure your data communications, whether it's for Internet privacy, remote access for employees, securing IoT, or for networking Cloud data centers.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
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    55 alternatives
    3.8
    Good15 reviews
  2. WireGuard icon
     257 likes

    Simple, fast VPN tunnel utilizing state-of-the-art cryptography, minimal codebase for security, supports cross-platform use, offers IPv4/IPv6, and ease of deployment.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenWrt
    • Termux
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    55 alternatives
  3. NetBird icon
     27 likes

    NetBird is an open-source Zero Trust networking platform that makes it easy for engineers to create fast, secure, and private networks with simple, decentralized management.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Homebrew
    • Docker Hub
    List of connected machines (peers)
    Network access control
    Desktop UI client
    +1
    Machine authentication flow
    30 alternatives
    4.8
    Excellent6 reviews
  4. ZeroTier icon
     95 likes

    Creates encrypted peer-to-peer virtual Ethernet networks for remote access, gaming, secure virtual LANs, and private networks without complex setup.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Docker Hub
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    55 alternatives
    4.1
    Very Good15 reviews
  5. Netmaker icon
     9 likes

    Netmaker is a tool for creating and managing virtual networks. Netmaker consists of a server, an agent, and a UI. You spin up the Netmaker server and then install netclient (the agent) on your computers. Netmaker will do the rest.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    13 alternatives
  6. NethServer icon
     34 likes

    NethServer is an application manager for Linux servers. The product's main feature is the ability to easily and quickly install and manage instances of applications over multiple nodes. It allows users to deploy services, like [Nextcloud](https://alternativeto.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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    11 alternatives
  7.  2 likes

    WireHole is a combination of WireGuard, Pi-hole, and Unbound in a docker-compose project with the intent of enabling users to quickly and easily create a personally managed full or split-tunnel WireGuard VPN with ad blocking capabilities thanks to Pi-hole, and DNS caching...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Windows
    • Linux
    8 alternatives
  8. wireport icon
     2 likes

    Self-hosted ingress proxy & VPN tunnel. Securely exposes private local & Docker-based services to the Internet, with free, automatically renewable SSL certificates and docker container hostname resolution.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    Hostname resolution (hostname = docker container name)
    Ingress proxy with free, automated SSL certificate provisioning and renewal
    56 alternatives
  9. Censorship free internet for all 🌍 Mysterium is a decentralized P2P (peer to peer) VPN and host of other tools that allow you to browse the internet freely, earn by sharing your connection, and build censorship-resistant applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Docker
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    10 alternatives
  10. OpenContrail icon
     4 likes

    OpenContrail is an Apache 2.0-licensed project that is built using standards-based protocols and provides all the necessary components for network virtualization–SDN controller, virtual router, analytics engine, and published northbound APIs.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    8 alternatives
  11.  5 likes

    iodine is a free (ISC licensed) tunnel application to forward IPv4 traffic through DNS servers (IP over DNS). Works on Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Mac OS X and Windows.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    3 alternatives
  12. Streisand icon
     2 likes

    WireGuard, OpenConnect, OpenSSH, OpenVPN, Shadowsocks, sslh, Stunnel, or a Tor bridge. It also generates custom instructions for all of these services. At the end of the run you are given an HTML file with instructions that can be shared with friends, family members, and fellow...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    4 alternatives
  13. Algo VPN icon
     3 likes

    Algo VPN is a set of Ansible scripts that simplify the setup of a personal WireGuard and IPsec VPN. It uses the most secure defaults available and works with common cloud providers.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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    42 alternatives
  14. CacheGuard Gateway is a free and open-source Unified Threat Management (UTM) solution, a Web Application Firewall (WAF), and a Quality of Service (QoS) platform designed to optimize WAN traffic. To obtain a CacheGuard Gateway appliance, download CacheGuard-OS and install it on...

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • VirtualBox
    • Self-Hosted
    • VMware vSphere Hypervisor
    • Microsoft Hyper-V Server
    • Proxmox Virtual Environment
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    134 alternatives
  15. dn42 icon
     6 likes

    dn42 is a big dynamic VPN, which employs Internet technologies (BGP, whois database, DNS, etc). Participants connect to each other using network tunnels (GRE, OpenVPN, Tinc, IPsec) and exchange routes thanks to the Border Gateway Protocol.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    17 alternatives
  16. ZeroShell icon
     8 likes

    Zeroshell is a Linux distribution for servers and embedded devices aimed at providing the main network services a LAN requires. It is available in the form of Live CD or Compact Flash image and you can configure and administer it using your web browser.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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    10 alternatives
  17. UTunnel VPN icon
     2 likes

    UTunnel VPN provides an easy-to-setup VPN server software solution to secure your network resources and business applications. It enables instant deployment and management of dedicated VPN servers on Cloud or On-Premises in a few simple steps.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    MacOS App
    iOS App
    iOS App
    +5
    iOS App
    3 alternatives
  18. inlets icon
     1 like

    Cloud Native Tunnel. You can use inlets to connect HTTP and TCP services between networks securely. Through an encrypted websocket, inlets can penetrate firewalls, NAT, captive portals, and other restrictive networks lowering the barrier to entry.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    17 alternatives
  19. A secure, open-source WiFi router that simplifies network management with easy-to-use policies, device isolation, adblock and advanced DNS controls - customizable with plugins for added flexibility.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Docker
    • iPhone
    Home Dashboard
    Device Listing
    Traffic View
    +5
    Mobile Login
    14 alternatives