Tailscale Alternatives

Tailscale is described as 'Private networks made easy. Connect all your devices using WireGuard, without the hassle. Tailscale makes it as easy as installing an app and signing in' and is a popular VPN service in the security & privacy category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Tailscale for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Self-Hosted and Android apps. The best Tailscale alternative is OpenVPN Connect, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Tailscale are WireGuard, NetBird, ZeroTier and Rayfish.

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Tailscale alternatives are mainly VPN Services, but if you're looking for Virtual LAN Software or VPN Clients you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Tailscale.
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  1. Remote.it icon

    Remote.it

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    remote.it is a platform that brings the world of disconnected networks to your browser, desktop and mobile devices. Securely access devices connected to any network like they were on your own local network.

    166 Remote.it alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    iroh-lan

     1 like

    The iroh-lan is designed for zero-friction, ephemeral networking: no accounts, no central servers, no device lists. Name a network, choose a password, and you’re on a private L3 LAN with anyone who does the same, created out of thin air and gone when you leave.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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    network login
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  4. zrok icon

    zrok

     4 likes

    Offers an open source sharing solution built on OpenZiti for secure app tunneling. Available as SaaS or self-hosting, it supports decentralized content sharing, is scalable for large and small deployments, allows private, secure communication, and operates on Raspberry Pi.

    Cost / License

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • US flagUnited States
    zrok screenshot 1
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    OpenVPN Connect

    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.

    https://openvpn.net
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  6. MoleTun icon

    MoleTun

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    MoleTun is a modern, cross-platform mesh networking tool designed specifically to solve the "latency and connectivity" problem in peer-to-peer (P2P) gaming. Built by an independent systems engineer, it bridges the gap between complex enterprise networking and the need...

    18 MoleTun alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • CA flagCanada
    MoleTun screenshot 1
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  7. Evon icon

    Evon

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    A private OpenVPN-based virtual network hub for connecting remote systems together, overlayed on top of the Internet.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Amazon Web Services
    Login
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  9. Outray icon

    Outray

     2 likes

    OutRay is an open-source ngrok alternative that makes it easy to expose your local development server to the internet via secure tunnels.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Outray screenshot 1
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  10. playit.gg icon

    playit.gg

     9 likes

    Making it easy to play games with friends since March 2020.

    29 playit.gg alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • US flagUnited States
    Homepage
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  11. Anywherelan icon

    Anywherelan

     3 likes

    Anywherelan (awl for brevity) is a peer-to-peer mesh VPN for connecting your own devices to each other, at the IP level, from wherever they are. A laptop behind a NAT, a home server, an old phone — give each one a stable .

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Self-Hosted
    • Global
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  12. Tinc Game icon

    Tinc Game

     1 like

    Tinc Game is GUI of Tinc VPN, create virtual LAN networks for gaming. No registration to use, it doesn't charge you or restrict your device number from "free plan". Server is also open source and self hosted, have support of DDNS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Connect to network
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  13. Portal - Open Relay icon

    Portal - Open Relay

     2 likes

    Portal is self-hosted tunneling relay exposing localhost services through public subdomains, ngrok alternative.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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    SocialVPN

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    IPOP (IP-over-P2P) is an open-source user-centric software virtual network allowing end users to define and create their own virtual private networks (VPNs). IPOP virtual networks provide end-to-end tunneling of IP or Ethernet over “TinCan” links setup and managed through a...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    SocialVPN screenshot 1
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  15. PartyLAN icon

    PartyLAN

     1 like

    PartyLAN is a tool for playing LAN games over the Steam Network.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
    PartyLAN screenshot 1
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