Pangolin

Identity-aware tunneled reverse proxy with dashboard UI, access control, and WireGuard-based tunnels (alternative to Cloudflare Tunnel, Tailscale).

Actively maintained
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At a glance

GitHub stars
23.3k
Last activity
2026-11-02
Latest release
1.26.0-rc.0
2026-11-02
Commits (12 mo)
5.4k
License
AGPL-3.0
Language / platform
Docker

Maintenance health: Actively maintained — Commits in the last 3 months.

Run Pangolin yourself

  • RAM: ~1 GB server (1 vCPU)
  • Docker: yes — image fosrl/pangolin on Docker Hub (6292.8k pulls)

Estimated monthly server cost

ProviderPlan size~ USD / month
Vultr1 GB$5Deploy →
Akamai (Linode)1 GB$5Deploy →
DigitalOcean1 GB$6Deploy →

Rough estimate from the app's stack and category, not a benchmark. Several light apps can share one server. Some hosting links may be affiliate links. We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you; it never affects which apps we list.

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