WireGuard
Fast, modern and lean self-hosted VPN.
WireGuard is a state-of-the-art VPN protocol that is dramatically simpler and faster than OpenVPN. Self-host it directly, or use a UI like wg-easy to manage peers, for full control over remote access.
Key features
- Extremely fast and lightweight
- Modern cryptography
- In the Linux kernel
- Simple key-based config
Pros
- Best-in-class performance
- Fully self-hosted
- Audited and trusted
Cons
- Manual peer management
- No built-in NAT traversal (unlike Tailscale)
Operating system
LinuxWindowsmacOS