Your own VPN server on a VPS: self-hosting vs a subscription
Running your own VPN on a rented server: self-hosted servers, panels and clients from our data, listed by how much people search for them. We do not score them, as they depend on how you set them up.
75tools in our data
Self-hosted VPN software
| # | Service | Score | Open source | From | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3X-UI | not scored | https://github.com/MHSanaei/3x… | — | |
| 2 | Algo VPN | not scored | https://github.com/trailofbits… | — | |
| 3 | Anywherelan | not scored | https://github.com/anywherelan… | — | |
| 4 | Brook | not scored | https://github.com/txthinking/… | — | |
| 5 | Defguard | not scored | https://github.com/DefGuard | — | |
| 6 | Defined Networking | not scored | Nebula open source (GitHub) | €0.86per month | |
| 7 | Dockovpn | not scored | server:… | €2.14per month | |
| 8 | Drago | not scored | https://github.com/seashell/dr… | — | |
| 9 | EasyTier | not scored | https://github.com/EasyTier/Ea… | — | |
| 10 | EdgeVPN | not scored | https://github.com/mudler/edge… | — | |
| 11 | Evon Hub | not scored | Yes open-source version on… | €8.59per month | |
| 12 | Exclave | not scored | https://github.com/ExclaveNetw… | — | |
| 13 | Firezone | not scored | https://www.github.com/firezon… | €3.59per month | |
| 14 | FreedomBox | not scored | https://salsa.debian.org/freed… | — | |
| 15 | Headscale | not scored | https://github.com/juanfont/he… | — | |
| 16 | Hiddify Manager | not scored | https://github.com/hiddify/hid… | — | |
| 17 | Hoppy Network | not scored | — | €6.88per month | |
| 18 | Husarnet | not scored | https://github.com/husarnet/hu… | €8.60per month | |
| 19 | IPFire | not scored | Yes free software | — | |
| 20 | JetBird | not scored | https://codeberg.org/bg443/Jet… | — | |
| 21 | LanEmu/P2PVPN | not scored | https://gitlab.com/Monsterovic… | — | |
| 22 | Libreswan | not scored | Yes git / GitHub, GPLv2 | — | |
| 23 | LogMeIn Hamachi | not scored | — | €3.51per month | |
| 24 | L×Box | not scored | https://github.com/Leadaxe/LxB… | — | |
| 25 | Marzban | not scored | https://github.com/Gozargah/Ma… | — | |
| 26 | Mycoria | not scored | https://github.com/mycoria/myc… | — | |
| 27 | NaiveProxy | not scored | https://github.com/klzgrad/nai… | — | |
| 28 | Nebula (Slack) | not scored | https://github.com/slackhq/neb… | — | |
| 29 | NekoBox for Android | not scored | https://github.com/MatsuriDayo… | — | |
| 30 | NeoRouter | not scored | No | — | |
| 31 | NetBird | not scored | https://github.com/netbirdio/n… | — | |
| 32 | NethServer / NethSecurity (Nethesis) | not scored | https://github.com/NethServer/… | €10.00per month | |
| 33 | Netmaker | not scored | https://github.com/gravitl/net… | €1.72per month | |
| 34 | Netrinos | not scored | — | €8.60per month | |
| 35 | OPNsense | not scored | https://github.com/opnsense | — | |
| 36 | Octelium | not scored | https://github.com/octelium/oc… | — | |
| 37 | OmniEdge | not scored | https://github.com/omniedgeio/… | — | |
| 38 | OpenVPN for Android (ics-openvpn) | not scored | https://github.com/schwabe/ics… | — | |
| 39 | Outline VPN | not scored | https://github.com/OutlineFoun… | — | |
| 40 | Pangolin | not scored | https://github.com/fosrl/pango… | — | |
| 41 | PiVPN | not scored | https://github.com/pivpn/pivpn… | — | |
| 42 | Pritunl | not scored | https://github.com/pritunl/pri… | — | |
| 43 | S-UI | not scored | https://github.com/alireza0/s-… | — | |
| 44 | SocksTun | not scored | https://github.com/heiher/sock… | — | |
| 45 | SoftEther VPN | not scored | https://github.com/SoftEtherVP… | — | |
| 46 | Subspace | not scored | https://github.com/subspacecom… | — | |
| 47 | Tailscale | not scored | Yes GitHub, open source page | — | |
| 48 | Tinc VPN | not scored | Yes GPLv2+… | — | |
| 49 | Trojan-GFW | not scored | https://github.com/trojan-gfw/… | — | |
| 50 | TunnelForge | not scored | https://github.com/evokelektri… | — | |
| 51 | VpnCloud | not scored | https://github.com/dswd/vpnclo… | — | |
| 52 | WGDashboard | not scored | https://github.com/donaldzou/W… | — | |
| 53 | WarpSpeed VPN | not scored | — | — | |
| 54 | WireGuard | not scored | https://www.wireguard.com… | — | |
| 55 | WireSock | not scored | partly (AmneziaWG installer… | — | |
| 56 | Wirehole | not scored | https://github.com/IAmStoxe/wi… | — | |
| 57 | X-UI | not scored | https://github.com/vaxilu/x-ui… | — | |
| 58 | XiVPN | not scored | https://github.com/Exclude0122… | — | |
| 59 | Xray-core (Project X) | not scored | Yes | — | |
| 60 | Yggdrasil Network | not scored | Yes | — | |
| 61 | ZTNET | not scored | https://github.com/sinamics/zt… | — | |
| 62 | ZeroTier | not scored | Yes | €15.48per month | |
| 63 | cunicu | not scored | https://github.com/cunicu/cuni… | — | |
| 64 | freelan | not scored | https://github.com/freelan-dev… | — | |
| 65 | innernet | not scored | https://github.com/tonarino/in… | — | |
| 66 | iodine | not scored | https://github.com/yarrick/iod… | — | |
| 67 | mihomo (Clash Meta) | not scored | https://github.com/MetaCubeX/m… | — | |
| 68 | n2n (ntop) | not scored | https://github.com/ntop/n2n | — | |
| 69 | nostr-vpn | not scored | https://github.com/mmalmi/nost… | — | |
| 70 | sing-box | not scored | https://github.com/SagerNet/si… | — | |
| 71 | strongSwan | not scored | https://github.com/strongswan/… | — | |
| 72 | upribox | not scored | https://github.com/usablepriva… | — | |
| 73 | weron | not scored | https://github.com/pojntfx/wer… | — | |
| 74 | wg-easy | not scored | https://github.com/wg-easy/wg-… | — | |
| 75 | wg-portal | not scored | https://github.com/h44z/wg-por… | — |