Alternatives to WireGuard Portal
A self-hosted web portal for managing WireGuard server interfaces and user peer configurations. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
WireGuard Portal
A self-hosted web portal for managing WireGuard server interfaces and user peer configurations.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as WireGuard Portal.
WireGuard Easy
A Docker image that runs a WireGuard VPN server with a web interface for managing clients.
WireGuard Easy combines a WireGuard server and web admin UI in one Docker container, simpler for personal use but with no LDAP integration listed.
WGDashboard
A self-hosted web dashboard for managing WireGuard servers and their peers.
WGDashboard manages WireGuard peers from a browser with a Docker option and frequent releases, though a recent security advisory means it must stay updated.
defguard
A self-hosted WireGuard VPN platform with built-in identity management and multi-factor authentication per connection.
defguard adds MFA on each WireGuard connection, OIDC and Active Directory integration and central firewall management, with some features in paid enterprise plans.
Pritunl
A self-hosted VPN server for OpenVPN, WireGuard and IPsec, managed through a web interface.
Pritunl manages OpenVPN and IPsec as well as WireGuard from one web interface, adding site-to-site links and TPM or Secure Enclave device authentication.
Netmaker
Self-hosted platform for building and managing WireGuard mesh networks.
Netmaker automates WireGuard key exchange and access control lists across mesh networks with private DNS, though its pro code is commercially licensed and tiers hold back features.
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.
OpenVPN Access Server
A self-hosted business VPN server with a web admin interface, free for two simultaneous connections.
Headplane
A self-hosted web interface for managing Headscale, the open-source Tailscale control server.
NetBird
A WireGuard-based mesh network with single sign-on, multi-factor authentication and access policies, self-hostable or managed.
Algo VPN
Ansible scripts that stand up a personal WireGuard and IPsec VPN.
Firezone
WireGuard-based zero trust access with self-hosted gateways.