WING Alternatives

WING is described as 'Open-source Wireless Mesh Networking platform aimed at hobbyists and enthusiasts' and is an app in the security & privacy category. There are more than 10 alternatives to WING for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Apple TV apps. The best WING alternative is GNUnet, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like WING are cjdns, Freelan, Qaul and LibreMesh.

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WING alternatives page was last updated Dec 21, 2018

GNUnet
83 likes
GNUnet is a framework for secure peer-to-peer networking that does not use any centralized or otherwise trusted services. A first service implemented on top of the networking layer allows anonymous censorship-resistant file-sharing.
59 GNUnet alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Application type
Anonymizing Network
Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
Is GNUnet a good alternative to WING?
cjdns
45 likes
Cjdns is a networking protocol and reference implementation, founded on the ideology that networks should be easy to set up, protocols should scale up smoothly, and security should be ubiquitous.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
Mac
Linux
BSD
Is cjdns a good alternative to WING?
Freelan
31 likes
A free, open-source, multi-platform, highly-configurable and peer-to-peer VPN software, designed to easily connect remote hosts and mainly focused on security and performance.
37 Freelan alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
VPN Service
Origin
France
EU
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Is Freelan a good alternative to WING?
Qaul
3 likes
Ad-hoc wireless mesh-network suite that harnesses the power of everyday devices such as computers and smartphones to create a Democratic, Non-Centralized, Mesh Network.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
C++
Is Qaul a good alternative to WING?
LibreMesh
18 likes
LibreMesh is a set of modules extending the OpenWrt router distribution to create self-configuring wireless and wired mesh networks.
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary (AGPL-3.0)
Platforms
Linux
OpenWrt
LEDE - Linux Embedded Development Environment
Is LibreMesh a good alternative to WING?
Phantom
10 likes
The Phantom protocol is a system for decentralized anonymization of generic network traffic. It has been designed with the following main goals in mind:
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Anonymizing Network
Origin
Sweden
EU
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Is Phantom a good alternative to WING?
SMesh
2 likes
SMesh is a seamless wireless mesh network being developed by the Distributed System and Networks Lab at Johns Hopkins University.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Windows Mobile
Is SMesh a good alternative to WING?
ninux
3 likes
Ninux is an Italian wireless network community with the goal of creating and expanding a free, open and experimental computer network. It uses the OLSR (Optimized Link State Routing) Protocol, an IP routing protocol optimized for mobile ad hoc networks.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Origin
Italy
EU
Platforms
Linux
Is ninux a good alternative to WING?
CCNx
2 likes
The vision of Project CCNx® is to develop, promote, and evaluate a new approach to a communication architecture called content-centric networking.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Apple TV
Is CCNx a good alternative to WING?
CoovaChilli
2 likes
CoovaChilli is an open-source software access controller for captive portal (UAM) and 802.1X access provisioning, based on the popular (but now defunct) ChilliSpot project, and is actively maintained by an original ChilliSpot contributor.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Origin
United States
Platforms
Linux
Ubuntu
OpenWrt
Is CoovaChilli a good alternative to WING?
OLSR (Optimized Link State Routing)
3 likes
OLSR is a Link State Routing Protocol (LSRP) implementation optimized for Mobile ad hoc networks on devices like routers, smartphones, or desktop computers.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Wi-Fi Hotspot
Origin
Norway
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Chrome OS
Apple TV
Is this a good alternative to WING?
Digitata
3 likes
Digitatas is a digital tree, a sapling to give technology to children of the Digital Generation. Under Open Hardware licensing by Open_Sailing and openet.org.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Origin
South Africa
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Online
Is Digitata a good alternative to WING?