Top pick · highest health
Pangolin
97 GOODIdentity-aware tunneled reverse proxy with dashboard UI, access control, and WireGuard-based tunnels (alternative to Cloudflare Tunnel, Tailscale).
★ 23k · ⟳ today · 1.22.2 · AGPL-3.0
Docker
Open source alternatives to Tailscale
We track 2 open-source Tailscale alternatives, of which 2 currently score 70 or above on Repoly's GitHub health scale and 2 ship a Docker image. Pangolin leads on health at 97/100 with 1053 commits in the last 90 days; across all 2 projects you are choosing between AGPL-3.0, Apache-2.0.
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- 32k
- Combined stars
- 2,043
- Commits / 90 days
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- With Docker
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All 2 Tailscale alternatives, ranked by health
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Firezone
96 GOODSecure remote access gateway that supports the WireGuard protocol. It offers a Web GUI, 1-line install script, multi-factor auth (MFA), and SSO.
★ 9.1k · ⟳ today · android-client-1.5.14 · Apache-2.0
DockerElixir
Tailscale alternatives: common questions
What is the most maintained open source alternative to Tailscale?
Pangolin scores highest at 97/100, with 1053 commits in the last 90 days, 23k GitHub stars and its latest release (1.22.2) published 10 days ago. It is also the most active by raw commit count.
Which Tailscale alternatives use a permissive licence?
1 of 2 are permissively licensed (MIT, Apache, BSD or similar): Firezone (Apache-2.0). 1 use copyleft licences such as GPL or AGPL, which require you to publish changes if you distribute a modified version.
Which Tailscale alternatives run in Docker?
2 of 2 publish a Docker image or Compose file: Pangolin, Firezone. Docker support contributes 10 of the 100 available health points, because it is the clearest signal that self-hosting is a supported path rather than an afterthought.