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Pick up to four tools and compare adoption, momentum and maintenance at a glance. The crown marks the leader in each row.

Identity-aware reverse proxy for context-based zero-trust access to internal apps without a VPN.

WireGuard-based mesh VPN with SSO, ACLs and MagicDNS that connects devices and servers with no setup.

Open-source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale coordination server.

Open-source WireGuard mesh VPN with SSO, access policies and a self-hostable management plane.

Head to head

Metric	Pomerium	Tailscale	Headscale	NetBird
Stars	5.1k	38.7k	45.4k	30.8k
Weekly downloads	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Download growth	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Popularity score	68/100	84/100	85/100	82/100
Forks	368	3.4k	2.6k	1.8k
Open issues	163	4.8k	91	799
Last commit	1w ago	6d ago	5d ago	4d ago
License	Apache-2.0	BSD-3-Clause	BSD-3-Clause	n/a
First released	2019	2020	2020	2021
Signals	None	Popular	None	Rising
Listed in	Security & Identity › Zero-trust access & VPN	Security & Identity › Zero-trust access & VPN	Security & Identity › Zero-trust access & VPN	Security & Identity › Zero-trust access & VPN

No download history for the selected tools.

Identity-aware reverse proxy for context-based zero-trust access to internal apps without a VPN.

WireGuard-based mesh VPN with SSO, ACLs and MagicDNS that connects devices and servers with no setup.

Open-source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale coordination server.

Open-source WireGuard mesh VPN with SSO, access policies and a self-hostable management plane.

Metric	Pomerium	Tailscale	Headscale	NetBird
Stars	5.1k	38.7k	45.4k	30.8k
Weekly downloads	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Download growth	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Popularity score	68/100	84/100	85/100	82/100
Forks	368	3.4k	2.6k	1.8k
Open issues	163	4.8k	91	799
Last commit	1w ago	6d ago	5d ago	4d ago
License	Apache-2.0	BSD-3-Clause	BSD-3-Clause	n/a
First released	2019	2020	2020	2021
Signals	None	Popular	None	Rising
Listed in	Security & Identity › Zero-trust access & VPN	Security & Identity › Zero-trust access & VPN	Security & Identity › Zero-trust access & VPN	Security & Identity › Zero-trust access & VPN

No download history for the selected tools.