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n2n vs tinc: catalog facts
n2n	tinc
Free Free and open source.	Free Free software under GPL version 2 or later.
Linux, Command line	Linux, Command line
Layer-2 networking, so hosts appear to share one LAN Peer-to-peer traffic with a supernode for discovery	Automatic full mesh routing with direct peer traffic Appears as a normal network device to existing software
Configured by hand on the command line Requires running a reachable supernode	The 1.1 branch has been in prerelease for a long time Configured by hand with config files
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-2.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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