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…another Go peer-to-peer project encourages peers to run their own rendezvous server ("lighthouse") https://github.com/slackhq/nebula "To set up a Nebula network, you'll need: 2. (Optional, but you really should..) At least one discovery…

comment by 1vuio0pswjnm7 · 2026-08-27 · in Tailcat – Like netcat, but over Tailscale’s data plane

> I don't see mention of open source alternatives Check out Nebula (created by Slack) - https://github.com/slackhq/nebula Fundamentally very similar to Tailscale. I've been using it for years and it has been flawless. It doesn't have as…

comment by dave78 · 2026-04-01 · in I traced my traffic through a home Tailscale exit node

Nebula uses lighthouses instead of DNS for finding other nodes. https://github.com/slackhq/nebula?tab=readme-ov-file#2-optio...

comment by bink · 2026-02-01 · in Netbird – Open Source Zero Trust Networking

…here but on the topic of overlay networks, I’ve used nebula for years and can recommend it https://github.com/slackhq/nebula

comment by aaronds · 2026-02-01 · in Netbird – Open Source Zero Trust Networking

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Nebula VPN v1.10.0 adds IPv6 support for overlay network

story by dave78 · 2025-12-05 · 0 comments

…very nice (Nebula’s “lighthouses” are configured with a tool similar to DSNet for Wireguard[1]) [0] https://github.com/slackhq/nebula [1] https://github.com/naggie/dsnet

comment by HowardStark · 2025-10-29 · in Tailscale Peer Relays

…way to use Tailscale ! I have a similar set-up, without authentication however, relying on Nebula! https://github.com/slackhq/nebula

comment by redat00 · 2025-08-08 · in How I use Tailscale

This Nebula? https://github.com/slackhq/nebula

comment by remram · 2025-06-18 · in Locally hosting an internet-connected server

How would this compare to Nebula (performance wise)? https://github.com/slackhq/nebula

comment by ChocolateGod · 2025-06-02 · in EasyTier – P2P mesh VPN written in Rust using Tokio

Last time I checked it did not support IPv6, and the issue is still open today https://github.com/slackhq/nebula/issues/6

comment by uselpa · 2025-02-09 · in ZeroTier – home VPN without a public IP address

Also consider Nebula: https://github.com/slackhq/nebula ZeroTier does not use an OSI approved open-source license. It is under a freedom-restricting "Business Source License". Nebula is MIT licensed. Nebula is much simpler and in most…

comment by bclemens · 2025-02-09 · in ZeroTier – home VPN without a public IP address

…I tried using Nebula , but provisioning new clients to the network turned out to be not so simple ( https://github.com/slackhq/nebula/issues/479 ). There's a community maintained solution ( https://github.com/cego/nebula-provisioner ), but…

comment by PLG88 · 2024-09-06 · in Libations: Tailscale on the Rocks

Any one play with https://github.com/slackhq/nebula

comment by signal_space · 2024-07-27 · in The New Internet

Going through all that trouble to use a proprietary solution? Rather recommend https://github.com/slackhq/nebula or something.

comment by tjoff · 2024-07-22 · in Jellyfin: We're Good, Seriously

https://github.com/slackhq/nebula the docs are good. when creating the initial CA make absolutely sure you set the CA expiration to 10-30 years, the default is 1 which means your whole setup explodes in a year without warning.

comment by sneak · 2024-06-14 · in Cost of self hosting Llama-3 8B-Instruct

Unlucky naming collision with Slack’s networking tool Nebula: https://github.com/slackhq/nebula

comment by mikae1 · 2024-03-20 · in Show HN: Nebula – A network agnostic DHT crawler

…although it's very new, and I don't know of much experimentation that's been done with it yet: https://github.com/slackhq/nebula/pull/965

comment by johnmaguire · 2024-03-13 · in JIT WireGuard

…Is Noisy Transport something similar to Slack's Nebula [0] in a way or am I mixing things up? 0 - https://github.com/slackhq/nebula

comment by gtirloni · 2024-03-13 · in JIT WireGuard

…that is often overlooked. It does lack a management GUI and that stuff is very much DIY. [0] https://github.com/slackhq/nebula

comment by JeremyNT · 2024-03-08 · in Ask HN: What underrated open source project deserves more recognition?

…across various networks so we only need the nebula core binaries which are under MIT license https://github.com/slackhq/nebula/blob/master/LICENSE

comment by blop · 2024-02-19 · in Nebula is not the fastest mesh VPN, but neither are the others

…of ipv6 support led to it being removed from consideration very quickly so i have been checking https://github.com/slackhq/nebula/issues/6 every time im reminded nebula exists, for the last few years, without success

comment by incidentia · 2024-02-19 · in Nebula is not the fastest mesh VPN, but neither are the others

That's not at all confusing with Slack's Nebula. https://github.com/slackhq/nebula

comment by bastard_op · 2024-01-09 · in Nebula is an open-source and free-to-use modern C++ game engine

…the the "battle of the VPNs" article published by Netmaker I sourced in my parent comment: https://github.com/slackhq/nebula/discussions/911

comment by lenova · 2023-10-15 · in Would we still create Nebula today?

…if you start to push real data, they break. [1]: https://github.com/gsliepen/tinc/issues/218 [2]: https://github.com/slackhq/nebula/issues/637 [3]: https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisor...

comment by nh2 · 2023-10-14 · in Would we still create Nebula today?

Maybe try Nebula? https://github.com/slackhq/nebula Or Defined Networks: https://www.defined.net/

comment by linsomniac · 2023-09-07 · in Mullvad on Tailscale: Privately browse the web

Interesting. I thought recognized the logo, apparently seems to be a commercial support offering of https://github.com/slackhq/nebula and they support the "nebula" iOS app. I had been using for nebula/defined in the past.

comment by gabeio · 2023-08-11 · in Tailscale vs. Narrowlink

…of your infrastructure. Cloudflared, nebula, or wireguard tunnels are a few options. I use nebula ( https://github.com/slackhq/nebula ) to network all the machines of my homelab, regardless of how they're connected to the internet,…

comment by kerbyhughes · 2023-07-12 · in Ask HN: Why can't my old laptop be an AWS replacement?

…released. I've largely replaced tinc with Nebula [0], but I still think fondly of it. [0] https://github.com/slackhq/nebula

comment by JeremyNT · 2023-06-27 · in Tinc, a GPLv2 mesh routing VPN

Slack's Nebula is another great open source mesh VPN application: https://github.com/slackhq/nebula

comment by RainbowFriends · 2023-06-27 · in Tinc, a GPLv2 mesh routing VPN

…or anything but it's not very hard to deploy. Covers every OS that you'd probably care about too. https://github.com/slackhq/nebula

comment by dave78 · 2023-06-27 · in Tinc, a GPLv2 mesh routing VPN

…nice features (for our use case), so ymmv. But so far it's been fantastic and very easy to use. https://github.com/slackhq/nebula

comment by pahae · 2023-06-27 · in Tinc, a GPLv2 mesh routing VPN

link for the lazy: https://github.com/slackhq/nebula Also with no ill intent looks like tailscale has the far more effective marketing organization :)

comment by hardwaresofton · 2023-04-14 · in Surpassing 10Gb/S over Tailscale

Nebula implemented UDP(?) Relay support (1) last year although it is marked experimental. 1. https://github.com/slackhq/nebula/pull/678

comment by harporoeder · 2023-03-08 · in Globally Distributed Elixir over Tailscale

…you're interested in a bare-bones and totally self-hosted option, it could be a good choice here. https://github.com/slackhq/nebula

comment by 1MachineElf · 2023-03-07 · in Globally Distributed Elixir over Tailscale

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Nebula VPN adds Relay support

story by harporoeder · 2023-01-08 · 0 comments

…not a solved problem. I've managed to do some fun stuff using salt + nebula on the hobby side. [0] https://github.com/slackhq/nebula

comment by Everlag · 2022-12-14 · in Golink: A private shortlink service for tailnets

…decentralization force IMO to the last few decades push towards central service providers. ---- 0: https://github.com/slackhq/nebula 1: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/12/how-to-set-up-your-o... (note 3 years old, there are now…

comment by xoa · 2022-12-05 · in Passwordless Authentication – Access Your Bitwarden Web Vault Without a Password

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Nebula – scalable overlay networking with performance, simplicity and security

story by thunderbong · 2022-08-15 · 0 comments

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Nebula: Scalable overlay networking; performant, simple, and secure

story by metadat · 2022-07-21 · 0 comments

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Show HN: A public Lighthouse service for Slack's nebula VPN

story by pyajamas · 2022-06-13 · 0 comments

…"a tool for creating mesh networks", which is the exact thing that Tailscale is all about. Nebula ( https://github.com/slackhq/nebula ) is much closer to actually being a fully open-source and self-hostable Tailscale alternative as I…

comment by matthewmacleod · 2022-05-28 · in FireZone – Open-source VPN server and firewall

…an open source implementation of the tailscale control server [1] that you could self host. [0] https://github.com/slackhq/nebula [1] https://github.com/juanfont/headscale

comment by JeremyNT · 2022-05-04 · in Tailscale raises $100M

…VPN gateway. Once the clients talk to the lighthouse to build the tunnel they communicate directly https://github.com/slackhq/nebula

comment by bravetraveler · 2022-04-08 · in You may not need Cloudflare Tunnel. Linux is fine

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Nebula

story by tosh · 2022-04-06 · 0 comments

…definitely checkout Nebula[1]. It's very easy to setup and works very well in my experience. [1]: https://github.com/slackhq/nebula

comment by kajiryoji · 2022-04-05 · in Tailscale’s human-scale networks are still controlled by Google and Microsoft

…and Nebula are the only modern alternatives I personally know about. https://www.zerotier.com https://github.com/slackhq/nebula Disclosure: I wrote and founded ZeroTier. Listed Nebula too for neutrality and completeness.

comment by api · 2022-03-19 · in How NAT traversal works (2020)

Just deploy https://github.com/slackhq/nebula somewhere and voila - you have your own completely self-hosted version of Tailscale.

comment by topdancing · 2022-03-16 · in How our free plan stays free

…the box a private network across all cloud providers and also works for on-premise deployments [1] https://github.com/slackhq/nebula [2] https://github.com/elestio/nebula-rest-api

comment by js4ever · 2022-02-23 · in Show HN: Elestio – Managed platform for over 150 open-source software stacks

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Nebula is a scalable overlay networking tool

story by Tomte · 2022-02-17 · 0 comments

…to ZeroTier, or Tailscale. I believe its been powering Slack's overlay network for ~5+ years. [1]: https://github.com/slackhq/nebula

comment by i_am_mike · 2022-02-10 · in SSH into private machines from anywhere using Cloudflare Tunnel