Alternatives to EasyTier
A decentralized mesh VPN written in Rust that links devices into one private network, with WireGuard support. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
EasyTier
A decentralized mesh VPN written in Rust that links devices into one private network, with WireGuard support.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as EasyTier.
Tailscale
Builds a private network between your own devices using WireGuard, without opening ports or running a server.
Tailscale builds a WireGuard mesh with a hosted coordination server and identity-provider sign-in, adds iOS support and a free Personal plan, but requires an account.
ZeroTier One
Puts machines anywhere in the world on the same virtual Ethernet network, as if they were plugged into one switch.
ZeroTier One provides Ethernet-level virtual networks with NAT traversal across desktop and mobile, but uses a hosted controller account unless you run your own.
NetBird
A WireGuard-based mesh network with single sign-on, multi-factor authentication and access policies, self-hostable or managed.
NetBird offers peer-to-peer WireGuard with SSO, access policies and an admin web interface, but needs a control plane, either self-hosted or managed.
nebula
Connect devices through an encrypted overlay network.
nebula builds an encrypted overlay network across desktop, server and mobile platforms under the MIT license, but requires certificate management and network configuration.
tinc
A VPN daemon that builds an encrypted mesh network between hosts over the internet.
tinc forms an automatic full mesh with NAT traversal between Linux hosts, but is configured by hand with config files and its 1.1 branch has long been prerelease.
n2n
A lightweight peer-to-peer layer-2 VPN for linking machines into a virtual network.
n2n links machines into one layer-2 virtual LAN peer to peer, but needs a reachable supernode, is configured on the command line and is Linux focused.
Yggdrasil
An experimental, end-to-end encrypted IPv6 mesh network run as a lightweight userspace software router.
Yggdrasil is a fully decentralised end-to-end encrypted IPv6 mesh with no coordination server, but it is alpha-stage and experimental, with possible breaking changes.
headscale
A self-hosted, open-source implementation of the Tailscale control server, so your mesh VPN does not depend on a company.
headscale lets you run your own Tailscale-compatible control server with the standard Tailscale clients, but you must operate and secure that server yourself.
Also worth comparing
These listings name EasyTier as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Husarnet
A peer-to-peer VPN that connects laptops, servers and microcontrollers directly, with built-in support for ROS.
EasyTier links devices in a decentralized Rust mesh with no central server and WireGuard support, but needs more setup and much documentation is in Chinese.
LogMeIn Hamachi
A hosted VPN service that creates LAN-like virtual networks between remote computers.
EasyTier is a free, open source mesh VPN in Rust that needs no central server, though it takes more setup and much documentation is in Chinese.
Radmin VPN
A free Windows program that joins remote computers into one virtual local network.
EasyTier is an open-source Rust mesh VPN for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android that needs no central server, but takes more setup than Radmin VPN.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
WireGuard
A small, fast VPN protocol and set of official clients that connect two machines by exchanging public keys.
Netmaker
Self-hosted platform for building and managing WireGuard mesh networks.
innernet
Private network manager built on WireGuard with peer invitations.
Headplane
A self-hosted web interface for managing Headscale, the open-source Tailscale control server.
