Pritunl
A self-hosted VPN server for OpenVPN, WireGuard and IPsec, managed through a web interface.
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About Pritunl
Pritunl is an open-source VPN server that you install on your own infrastructure. From a web interface you create VPN servers for remote users, set up site-to-site and gateway links, and give remote users access to local networks. Pritunl Link builds WireGuard or IPsec site-to-site connections between clouds such as AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Oracle Cloud and Hetzner.
Any OpenVPN client can connect to it. The Pritunl Client for Windows, macOS and Linux adds full support for both OpenVPN and WireGuard. Security features include device authentication through a TPM or the Apple Secure Enclave, and a dynamic firewall.
Strengths
- Supports OpenVPN, WireGuard and IPsec from one web interface
- Multi-cloud site-to-site links through Pritunl Link
- Works with any standard OpenVPN client
- Device authentication through a TPM or the Apple Secure Enclave
Limitations
- You have to run and maintain the server yourself
- Aimed at organisations, so it is more than a single user needs
Details
- Pricing
- FreeThe open-source server and client are free to download and run yourself.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- Pritunl
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted
- How it runs
- Downloadable app, Self-hosted
- Best suited for
- Teams that want to run their own remote-access and site-to-site VPN server
- Categories
- VPN, IT administration
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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Pritunl as an alternative
Listings that name Pritunl as an alternative.
Algo VPN
Ansible scripts that stand up a personal WireGuard and IPsec VPN.
Pritunl manages OpenVPN, WireGuard and IPsec through a web interface and supports site-to-site links, but is aimed at organisations more than a single user.
AmneziaVPN
Sets up your own VPN server on a machine you rent, then connects to it, with obfuscated protocols for networks that block ordinary VPNs.
Pritunl runs OpenVPN, WireGuard and IPsec from a web interface with site-to-site links, but offers no obfuscated protocols and targets organisations rather than individuals.
Libreswan
A free IPsec and IKE VPN implementation for Linux, FreeBSD and macOS.
Pritunl manages IPsec, OpenVPN and WireGuard from a web interface with site-to-site links, replacing hand-edited configuration files with a graphical interface.
Octelium
A self-hosted zero trust access platform that can act as a remote access VPN or ZTNA gateway.
Pritunl is a self-hosted OpenVPN, WireGuard and IPsec server with a web interface, offering traditional remote-access VPN rather than ZTNA gateway features.
strongSwan
An open-source IPsec VPN implementation using the IKEv2 and IKEv1 key exchange protocols.
Pritunl manages IPsec, OpenVPN and WireGuard servers from one web interface, replacing strongSwan's file and command-line configuration.
Viscosity
A native OpenVPN client for macOS and Windows with a graphical editor, traffic statistics and DNS control.
Pritunl provides free open-source clients alongside a self-hosted server for OpenVPN, WireGuard and IPsec, a larger setup than a standalone client.
WGDashboard
A self-hosted web dashboard for managing WireGuard servers and their peers.
Pritunl manages OpenVPN, WireGuard and IPsec from one web interface with site-to-site links and device authentication, aimed more at organisations than single users.
WireGuard Portal
A self-hosted web portal for managing WireGuard server interfaces and user peer configurations.
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.
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