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cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/30666278

Headscale - The main objective of Headscale is to provide a non-proprietary implementation of the Tailscale protocol & control server for hobbyists and self-hosters. Acts as a replacement for the listening servers while allowing you to continue using your existing clients applications. Funnel functionality is currently considered in beta status. Does not include a web ui by default.

Netbird - Connect your devices into a secure WireGuard®-based overlay network with SSO, MFA and granular access controls. You can try their hosted service or selfhost it, or whatever.

Pangolin - is a self-hosted tunneled reverse proxy server with identity and context aware access control, designed to easily expose and protect applications running anywhere. Pangolin acts as a central hub and connects isolated networks — even those behind restrictive firewalls — through encrypted tunnels, enabling easy access to remote services without opening ports or requiring a VPN. Combines traefik reverse proxy with Single Sign On and Wireguard. Meant to be selfhosted, but they do offer a hosted instance.

Pin codes, temporary links, password links for exposing services as a “funnel”. Similar to cloudflare tunnels, where users cannot be bothered to sort things out and just want a service exposed.

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[–] hoppolito@mander.xyz 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I’ve been using NetBird for quite a while now. It has grown from an experiment in connecting to the server without exposing it to quite a stable setup that I make use of every day, and even got my partner and some of my family to use. That is the hosted offering, however, not me self hosting my own server component.

For a couple of months now, I’ve been eyeing pangolin though. It just seems like such an upgrade concerning identity and SSO - but equally a complete overhaul of my infrastructure and a steep learning curve.

I am itching to get it running but would probably have to approach it step-by-step, and roll it out pretty slowly, while transferring the existing services.

[–] kiol@discuss.online 3 points 2 days ago

Do you find they cover different use cases? Would it make sense to just selfhost Netbird, or to use a selfhosted Netbird in place of Pangolin?