Rathole Alternatives

Rathole is described as 'A lightweight, stable and high-performance reverse proxy for NAT traversal, written in Rust. An alternative to frp and ngrok. With lower resource consumption, it's possible to run on embedded devices like routers' and is an app in the network & admin category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Rathole for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Self-Hosted and Android apps. The best Rathole alternative is OpenVPN Connect, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Rathole are WireGuard, Fossorial Pangolin, WG Tunnel and Serveo.

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  1. OpenVPN Connect icon
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    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.

    63 OpenVPN Connect alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    • OpenAPK
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  2. WireGuard icon
     284 likes

    Implements modern cryptographic standards, maintains a small codebase for security auditing, ensures fast cross-platform VPN performance, supports embedded and enterprise environments, offers easy deployment, IPv4/IPv6, secure key exchange, and mobile app support.

    64 WireGuard alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • openSUSE
    • Arch Linux
    • Gentoo
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenWrt
    • Alpine Linux
    • Slackware
    • Termux
    • OpenBSD
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  3. Open-source platform enabling secure, seamless remote access via WireGuard tunnels with identity-based controls, a unified dashboard for monitoring and configuration, automatic SSL management, granular policy enforcement, and exposure of private resources behind firewalls.

    66 Fossorial Pangolin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  4. WG Tunnel icon
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    This is an alternative Android Application for WireGuard and Amnezia VPN with added features. Built using the wireguard-android library and Jetpack Compose, this application was inspired by the...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
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  5. Serveo icon
     42 likes

    Use SSH to expose local servers over the internet and inspect and replay HTTP traffic. No installation, no signup.

    47 Serveo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
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  6. ngrok icon
     41 likes

    ngrok exposes local servers behind NATs and firewalls to the public internet over secure tunnels.

    91 ngrok alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
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  7. wireport icon
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    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)

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  8. LocalXpose icon
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    Reverse proxy exposing local servers to the Internet with support for HTTP, HTTPS, TLS, TCP, UDP tunnels, unlimited connections, custom and wildcard domains, request rate limiting, IP whitelisting, changeable headers, authentication options, and built-in Let's Encrypt.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
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  9. Wireskip icon
     2 likes

    Wireskip is an open source VPN protocol designed with the goal of providing unrestricted access to the internet from anywhere.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
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  10. NextZero icon
     6 likes

    Say goodbye to vulnerable legacy VPNs and complex firewall rules. NextZero is a modern ZTNA (Zero Trust Network Access) platform designed to secure your infrastructure with radical simplicity. Built on the principles of Google’s BeyondCorp and powered by WireGuard®...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
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  11. Portmap.io icon
     8 likes

    Port forwarding service for exposing your local PC to Internet from behind firewall or without real IP address. Uses OpenVPN or SSH encrypted tunnel from localhost to Portmap.io.

    32 Portmap.io alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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