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Open-source startups in Networking and privacy
VPNs, tunnels, proxies, DNS, ad blockers and browsers — controlling your own traffic. 38 open-source startups in this directory are filed under Networking and privacy. 27 pushed code within 30 days of the snapshot of 2026-09-22, 5 have been quiet for 31–120 days, 6 have not pushed in over 120 days. The category is chosen by Jev, TypeSafe’s classifier, reading only the repository’s own name, description and homepage — one category per project, so something that spans two appears under whichever the classifier judged closest.
27 of 38 pushed within 30 days of the snapshot of 2026-09-22. How we measure it →
The list
All 38, most-starred first.
The last column is the most recent push GitHub reported to us on 2026-09-22. It counts a push to any branch, by a person or a bot — it is not a claim that anyone is maintaining the project, and a quiet repository may be a finished one. The “built for” column and the “alternative to” chips are Jev’s answers about the same repository description, published with the rest of them.
| Project | What it does | Built for | Stars | Ship status | Last verified push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DigitalPlatDev/FreeDomain | Free domain registration and practical DNS learning resources for everyone. | Consumers | 200.6K | Slowed | Aug 12, 2026 |
| traefik/traefik | The Cloud Native Application Proxy | IT and operations | 64.9K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| pi-hole/pi-hole | A black hole for Internet advertisements | Consumers | 61K | Still shipping | Sep 19, 2026 |
| MHSanaei/3x-ui | Supporting multi-protocol multi-user(Vmess, Vless, Trojan, ShadowSocks, Wireguard, Hysteria, Tunnel, Mixed, HTTP, Tun, MTProto، AmneziaWG) | IT and operations | 46.8K | Still shipping | Sep 18, 2026 |
| zen-browser/desktop | Welcome to a calmer internet | Consumers | 44.6K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| juanfont/headscale | An open source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server | IT and operations | 44K | Still shipping | Sep 17, 2026 |
| AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome | Network-wide ads & trackers blocking DNS server | Consumers | 37K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| shadowsocks/shadowsocks-android | A shadowsocks client for Android | Consumers | 36.8K | Slowed | Aug 9, 2026 |
| tailscale/tailscale | The easiest, most secure way to use WireGuard and 2FA. | IT and operations | 36.8K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| ehang-io/nps | 一款轻量级、高性能、功能强大的内网穿透代理服务器。支持tcp、udp、socks5、http等几乎所有流量转发,可用来访问内网网站、本地支付接口调试、ssh访问、远程桌面,内网dns解析、内网socks5代理等等……,并带有功能强大的web管理端。a lightweight, high-performance, powerful intranet penetration proxy server, with a powerful web management terminal. | IT and operations | 34.2K | Gone silent | May 30, 2024 |
| NginxProxyManager/nginx-proxy-manager | Docker container for managing Nginx proxy hosts with a simple, powerful interface | IT and operations | 34.2K | Still shipping | Sep 21, 2026 |
| hiddify/hiddify-app | Multi-platform auto-proxy client, supporting Sing-box, X-ray, TUIC, Hysteria, Reality, Trojan, SSH etc. It’s an open-source, secure and ad-free. | Consumers | 32.8K | Slowed | Aug 10, 2026 |
| netbirdio/netbird | Connect your devices, users, and agents into a secure WireGuard®-based overlay network with SSO, MFA and granular access controls. | IT and operations | 29.4K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| wg-easy/wg-easy | The easiest way to run WireGuard VPN + Web-based Admin UI. | Consumers | 27K | Still shipping | Sep 18, 2026 |
| iv-org/invidious | Invidious is an alternative front-end to YouTube | Consumers | 24.7K | Still shipping | Sep 18, 2026 |
| inconshreveable/ngrok | Unified ingress for developers | Developers | 24.4K | Gone silent | Apr 26, 2024 |
| brave/brave-browser | Brave browser for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows. | Consumers | 23.7K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| fosrl/pangolin | Modern networking and security platform providing secure access and connectivity to apps, infrastructure, and AI workloads. Connect and protect your users. | IT and operations | 22.9K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| darkreader/darkreader | Dark Reader Chrome and Firefox extension | Consumers | 22.4K | Still shipping | Sep 21, 2026 |
| m1k1o/neko | A self hosted virtual browser that runs in docker and uses WebRTC. | IT and operations | 22.4K | Still shipping | Sep 10, 2026 |
| imputnet/helium | Private, fast, and honest web browser | Consumers | 20.9K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet | ZeroNet - Decentralized websites using Bitcoin crypto and BitTorrent network | Consumers | 18.8K | Gone silent | Jan 31, 2024 |
| getlantern/download | Lantern官方版本下载 蓝灯 翻墙 代理 科学上网 外网 加速器 梯子 路由 proxy vpn circumvention gfw | Consumers | 17.8K | Gone silent | Apr 18, 2022 |
| jeessy2/ddns-go | Simple and easy to use DDNS. Support Aliyun, Tencent Cloud, Dnspod, Cloudflare, Callback, Huawei Cloud, Baidu Cloud, Porkbun, GoDaddy, Namecheap, NameSilo... | Consumers | 17.4K | Still shipping | Sep 14, 2026 |
| zerotier/ZeroTierOne | A Smart Ethernet Switch for Earth | IT and operations | 17.1K | Still shipping | Sep 3, 2026 |
| getlantern/lantern | Open-source VPN for speed, privacy, and censorship circumvention. Free to download on Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, and Linux. | Consumers | 16K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| v2rayA/v2rayA | A web client for its own Xray-based core with global transparent proxy on Linux, Windows and macOS. | Consumers | 15.6K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| amnezia-vpn/amnezia-client | Amnezia VPN Client (Desktop+Mobile) | Consumers | 15.1K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| ajayyy/SponsorBlock | Skip YouTube video sponsors (browser extension) | Consumers | 13.8K | Still shipping | Sep 19, 2026 |
| safing/portmaster | 🏔 Love Freedom - ❌ Block Mass Surveillance | Consumers | 13.8K | Still shipping | Sep 10, 2026 |
| SoftEtherVPN/SoftEtherVPN | Cross-platform multi-protocol VPN software. Pull requests are welcome. The stable version is available at https://github.com/SoftEtherVPN/SoftEtherVPN_Stable. | IT and operations | 13.6K | Still shipping | Sep 13, 2026 |
| objective-see/LuLu | LuLu is the free open-source macOS firewall | Consumers | 13.2K | Slowed | Aug 5, 2026 |
| libnyanpasu/clash-nyanpasu | Clash Nyanpasu~(∠・ω< )⌒☆ | Consumers | 13.2K | Still shipping | Sep 21, 2026 |
| mozilla-mobile/firefox-ios | Firefox for iOS | Consumers | 13K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| gravitl/netmaker | Netmaker makes networks with WireGuard. Netmaker automates fast, secure, and distributed virtual networks. | IT and operations | 11.8K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| atlas-engineer/nyxt | Nyxt - the hacker's browser. | Developers | 11K | Gone silent | Feb 26, 2026 |
| rustdesk/rustdesk-server | RustDesk Server Program | IT and operationsalt to Zoom | 10.4K | Slowed | Aug 7, 2026 |
| apernet/OpenGFW | No description on the repository. | Developers | 0 | Gone silent | Unknown |
Related collections
Sideways from here.
The 8 largest other categories in the directory, then the other ways to slice it. Every count is as of the snapshot of 2026-09-22.
Snapshot of 2026-09-22 · 721 repos in the directory · every number on this page is measured against that date, not against today. What this measurement cannot tell you →