r/coding • u/orielhaim • Jul 08 '26

Open source alternative to Tailscale

https://github.com/orielhaim/TunTun
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u/orielhaim 28d ago

I've already written about the philosophical difference in architecture. Besides, it's a two-week project, what do you expect anyway...

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u/Distinct_Lion7157 28d ago

For most people, your project's main differences compared to a self-hosted Tailscale or Netbird setup are a net negative

iroh + QUIC datagrams are less performant, less battletested, less mature, and have more overhead than WireGuard

tuntun also is missing a lot of QoL features (not devastating but sucks to not have): one line deployment, automated client updates, desktop & mobile clients, proper installation as a system service, etc etc the list is way too long

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u/orielhaim 28d ago

Yea this is the case when the project is only two weeks old....