Tools · SPBoucher
Menu

Tunneling & remote access

VPNs, overlay networks, tunnels and remote shells.

Tools in this category

Cloudflare Tunnel

Cloudflare, Inc. · Tunneling & remote access

In-depth entry

Outbound-only connector (cloudflared) that publishes local web services and private networks through Cloudflare's edge without opening inbound ports

Apache-2.0FreemiumPaidLocalNov 2, 2026

Tailscale

Tailscale Inc. · Tunneling & remote access

In-depth entry

WireGuard-based mesh overlay network with a hosted coordination service, identity-provider login, access policies, MagicDNS and features such as Tailscale SSH, Serve and Funnel

BSD-3-ClauseFreemiumPaidLocalNov 2, 2026

WireGuard

WireGuard project (Jason A. Donenfeld) · Tunneling & remote access

In-depth entry

Minimal, high-speed VPN protocol and implementation built on modern cryptography, included in the Linux kernel and available on macOS, iOS, Windows, Android and BSD

GPL-2.0-onlyOpen sourceFreeLocalSelf-hostedNov 2, 2026

OpenSSH

OpenBSD Project · Tunneling & remote access

Reference implementation of the SSH protocol from the OpenBSD project: remote shell, file transfer, port forwarding, key agent and certificate authority tooling

SSH-OpenSSHOpen sourceFreeLocalSelf-hostedNov 2, 2026

ngrok

ngrok, Inc. · Tunneling & remote access

Hosted ingress service that exposes local servers through public URLs via an agent or SDK, with Traffic Policy rules, API gateway features and reserved domains

ProprietaryFreemiumPaidLocalBroken