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gravitl / netmaker

netmaker

Netmaker makes networks with WireGuard. Netmaker automates fast, secure, and distributed virtual networks.

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22Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
11.9KGitHub stars
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Netmaker makes networks with WireGuard. Netmaker automates fast, secure, and distributed virtual networks.

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Observed mentions: 2021-03-30 13:47:42 UTC to 2025-11-16 20:21:51 UTC.

02462021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 6 mentions; 2 submissions, 4 comments20212022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 6 mentions; 2 submissions, 4 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 7 mentions; 1 submissions, 6 comments20232024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2025

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20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC716
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20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

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$3 VPS running Headscale is not simpler since you won't be able to run both headscale and tailscale on your end user machines, I don't recommend it. The solution we've found is running a white IP container (or VPS) which looks like regular Wireguard outside, while inside it "forwards" to your existing tailscale network. I don't remember if we use https://github.com/gravitl/netmaker or https://github.com/juhovh/tailguard Also see: https://tailscale.com/blog/peer-relays-beta
In I finally understand Cloudflare Zero Trust tunnels
https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird seems to be completely open source (BSD), https://github.com/gravitl/netmaker?tab=License-1-ov-file#re... uses Apache for the non-pro stuff, and both of those I found by simply looking at https://github.com/topics/wireguard This is why I asked, the phrase "I decided to reinvent the wheel which has honestly been quite fun with learning about eBPF, and recently clustering and HA with etcd" makes it sound like it's doing a bunch of cool stuff (which I want to hear about!), but the readme says nothing about those.
In Show HN: Wag, MFA and Enrollment for WireGuard
In the self-hosted space, I've been really enjoying playing around with decentralized encrypted overlay mesh networks like Nebula. Here's the current list of my faves (all Wireguard based). Open-source projects not-quite-prod-ready: - WebMesh: Golang, decentralized nodes https://github.com/webmeshproj - InnerNet: Rust, with subnet ACLs https://github.com/tonarino/innernet - Wesher: Golang, simple mesh with pre-shared key https://github.com/costela/wesher - Wiresmith: Rust, auto-configs clients into a mesh https://github.com/svenstaro/wiresmith Open source projects with company-backed SaaS offerings: - Netbird: Golang, full-fledged solution (desktop clients, DNS, SSO, STUN/TURN, etc) https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird - Netmaker: Golang, full-fledge solution https://github.com/gravitl/netmaker Honorable mention: - SuperHighway84
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- more of a Usenet-inspired darknet, but I love the concept + the author's personal website: https://github.com/mrusme/superhighway84 https://xn--gckvb8fzb.com/superhighway84
In Would we still create Nebula today?
This is amazing. (Note for the reader: look at the change <https://github.com/gravitl/netmaker/pull/2516/commits/196b1f...>). There is so little that you stand to gain by agreeing to the CLA (and so much downside for them if they reject it and keep the status quo) that the best thing would be to say no. And I hope that if they do keep it as-is and then someone comes along later and makes the fix, you hound them about violating your IP and cite their comment "we do not have the rights" as prima facie evidence. Make CLA worshippers bite the bullet on their goofy beliefs.
In CLAs create different issues than making (small) open source contributions
It’s not a dead end at all. It serves a specific purpose - if you need to have a packaged deliverable that consists of several (3-8) containers, and you want your end users to be able to easily deploy that deliverable, there is no better solution that I am aware of over docker-compose. I’m not sure why OP feels that way, but I’ll just give two examples of great FOSS projects that live on the bleeding edge that I work with every day that offer docker compose deliverables as their #1 way to get going in prod: 1. Supabase: https://github.com/supabase/supabase/blob/master/docker/dock... 2. Netmaker: https://github.com/gravitl/netmaker/blob/master/compose/dock...
In Ask HN: A Better Docker Compose?
> Sadly not open source Just to clarify this take, the source is available on Github [0] but licensed under the highly controversial Server Side Public License [1][2]. This license was originally written by MongoDB. They applied to get it recognised as an open source license with the OSI but later withdrew the application as it became clear it wouldn't have been approved. OSI explained in 2019 [3] why it didn't consider the license to be open source. [0] https://github.com/gravitl/netmaker [1] https://github.com/gravitl/netmaker/blob/master/LICENSE.txt [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Side_Public_License [3] https://opensource.org/node/1099
In FireZone – Open-source VPN server and firewall

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