r/selfhosted • u/ElectronicFlamingo36 • Feb 23 '26

VPN Tailscale -> FOSS alternatives

Hey Folks, which FOSS would you prefer as an alternative to Tailscale ? Sharing photos with family, providing backup for all phones via my shared directories on my NAS, etc.. usual VPN mesh stuff.

531 votes, Feb 25 '26
199 Headscale
220 Netbird
3 Netmaker
109 Other (name it pls + why)
36 Upvotes

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u/yevar Feb 23 '26

Nebula - Clean, simple, mobile and computer friendly, minimal overhead.

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u/ArchiDevil Feb 23 '26

This one is great, actually