Security & Auth VPN mature
WireGuard
Modern fast VPN tunnel with minimal attack surface
Since 2020
Extremely simple yet fast VPN tunnel using state-of-the-art cryptography with minimal codebase (~4000 lines) running at kernel level.
License
GPL-2.0
Min RAM
32 MB
Min CPUs
1 core
Scaling
single_node
Complexity
intermediate
Performance
medium
Self-hostable
✓
K8s native
✕
Offline
✓
Pricing
fully free
Docs quality
good
Vendor lock-in
none
Use cases
- ✓ Secure remote access to home/office network
- ✓ Site-to-site VPN between data centers
- ✓ Privacy tunnel for internet browsing
- ✓ VPS management secure tunnel
Anti-patterns / when NOT to use
- ✕ No built-in user management
- ✕ No dynamic IP handling without wrappers
- ✕ Key distribution needs separate solution
Replaces / alternatives to
Technical specs
Language
C
API type
REST
Protocols
HTTP
Deployment
aptbinary
Community
GitHub stars 0
Contributors 0
Commit frequency weekly
Plugin ecosystem none
Backing Jason Donenfeld
Funding community
Release
Latest version
— Last release —
Since 2020
Best fit
Team size
solosmallmediumenterprise
Industries
general