AkamaiCDN & EdgeAkamai pairs Property Manager for edge delivery rules with App & API Protector for WAF, rate, DoS and API request controls.CommercialSoftwareContact salesViews · 7 daysNo views in 7 days
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AkamaiCDN & EdgeAkamai pairs Property Manager for edge delivery rules with App & API Protector for WAF, rate, DoS and API request controls.CommercialSoftwareContact sales28 views
AviatrixNetwork ManagementAviatrix (now at aviatrix.ai) provides multi-cloud networking, segmentation and breach containment across AWS, Azure and GCP, via a controller deployed inside the customer's own cloud accounts.CommercialSelf-hostedContact salesViews · 7 daysNo views in 7 days
CloudflareCDN & EdgeCloudflare provides authoritative DNS, reverse-proxy services, CDN caching, web application firewall controls, and edge application tools.CommercialWeb platformFreemiumViews · 7 daysNo views in 7 days
Cosmos ServerSelf-Hosting PlatformsCosmos Server, branded Cosmos Cloud, is a source-available platform that puts a secured reverse proxy, authentication, SmartShield protection, container management, a VPN and Restic backups in front of self-hosted apps.CommercialSelf-hostedFreemiumViews · 7 daysTop 29%
DefguardVPN, Mesh & Remote AccessDefguard is a self-hosted remote access platform combining a WireGuard VPN, an OpenID Connect identity provider, connection-level MFA with FIDO2 keys and firewall rules. Open source under the AGPL, with Business and Enterprise plans.Open sourceSelf-hostedFreemiumViews · 7 daysNo views in 7 days
FastlyCDN & EdgeFastly is an edge cloud platform with CDN delivery, edge compute, WAF, bot and DDoS protection, and observability, sold on usage-based tiers.CommercialSoftwareFreemiumViews · 7 daysTop 29%
FirezoneVPN, Mesh & Remote AccessFirezone is a WireGuard-based remote access platform with Clients for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android, Gateways you run, identity-based policies, Device Trust and audit logs. Managed service with a free plan; Apache-2.0 and ELv2 source.Open sourceWeb platformFreemiumViews · 7 daysTop 29%
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homelab-diagramDiagramming & Whiteboardshomelab-diagram is an MIT-licensed Python script that draws a detailed homelab network diagram (VLANs, switch ports, link speeds, servers, containers, storage) from inventory.yaml. Its layout is hand-placed for one specific lab.Open sourceSoftwareViews · 7 daysNo views in 7 days
NebulaVPN, Mesh & Remote AccessNebula is an open-source, self-hosted overlay networking tool created at Slack. Hosts authenticate each other with certificates from your own CA, find peers through lighthouses, traverse NAT and filter traffic with group-based firewall rules.Open sourceSelf-hostedViews · 7 daysTop 29%
NetBirdVPN, Mesh & Remote AccessNetBird is a WireGuard-based overlay network from NetBird GmbH in Berlin. Agents connect peer to peer with relay fallback, while a management service applies group policies, posture checks, DNS and routes. It runs as NetBird Cloud or self-hosted.Open sourceSelf-hostedFreemiumViews · 7 daysNo views in 7 days
NetmakerVPN, Mesh & Remote AccessNetmaker builds and manages virtual networks on kernel WireGuard. A central server pushes configuration to Netclient agents, WireGuard endpoints and desktop apps, with gateways, relays, egress, private DNS and access policies. Community Edition is Apache 2.0.Open sourceSelf-hostedFreemiumViews · 7 daysNo views in 7 days
OpeninaryCDN & EdgeOpeninary is an AGPL-3.0 media processing platform that resizes, crops, converts and watermarks images and videos from URL parameters, caches each variant and stores files on disk or S3-compatible buckets. Self-hosted with Docker or hosted as Openinary Cloud.Open sourceSelf-hostedFreemiumViews · 7 daysNo views in 7 days
OpenVPNVPN, Mesh & Remote AccessOpenVPN Community Edition is the open-source OpenVPN 2.x daemon from OpenVPN Inc., licensed under GPL-2.0. It builds TLS-authenticated tun or tap tunnels over UDP or TCP on Windows, Linux, BSD and macOS, with DCO kernel offload.Open sourceSelf-hostedViews · 7 daysNo views in 7 days
OpenZitiNetwork Security & NDROpenZiti is NetFoundry's open-source zero-trust networking platform. Every connection is authenticated with x509 identity, authorized by policy and encrypted end to end, and services can run with no listening ports through tunnelers or SDKs.Open sourceSelf-hostedViews · 7 daysTop 5%
PangolinVPN, Mesh & Remote AccessPangolin is an open-source access platform from Fossorial built on WireGuard. Site connectors open outbound tunnels so web apps, SSH, RDP, VNC, private networks and AI models can be reached with SSO and role-based access, self-hosted or on Pangolin Cloud.Open sourceSelf-hostedFreemiumViews · 7 daysTop 29%
ProxyBridgeVPN, Mesh & Remote AccessProxyBridge is an open-source client that routes or blocks traffic per application through SOCKS5 or HTTP proxies on Windows, macOS and Linux.Open sourceSoftwareViews · 7 daysTop 10%
RustDeskRemote Management & RMMRemote desktop and support software written in Rust and Flutter for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS and the browser. Run the free hbbs/hbbr server yourself, or add Server Pro for a web console, SSO, LDAP and audit logs.Open sourceSelf-hostedFreemiumViews · 7 daysTop 16%
ScanopyNetwork ManagementScanopy scans networks on a schedule with daemons for Linux, macOS, Windows, FreeBSD or Docker and builds L2, L3, workload and application topology views plus a device inventory. AGPL-3.0 Community Edition, commercial licenses and Scanopy Cloud.Open sourceSelf-hostedFreemiumViews · 7 daysNo views in 7 days
ServiceRadarMonitoring & ObservabilityServiceRadar is an Apache 2.0 open-source platform for network discovery, monitoring, flow analytics and security findings across distributed edge sites.Open sourceSelf-hostedViews · 7 daysTop 29%
TailscaleVPN, Mesh & Remote AccessTailscale connects devices and services in a private network called a tailnet, with identity-based access policies, traffic routing and an API for automation.CommercialSoftwareFreemiumViews · 7 daysNo views in 7 days
TracexyMonitoring & ObservabilityTracexy is a native SwiftUI packet analyzer for macOS 14+ from Rockxy LLC. It captures live traffic or opens PCAP/PCAPNG files and organizes frames into sessions with process attribution, decoded fields and raw hex. AGPL-3.0 source, optional paid Pro license.Open sourceSoftwareFreemiumViews · 7 daysNo views in 7 days
UnTangledNetwork ManagementUnTangled is a GPL-2.0-or-later web interface for OpenWRT 23.05 and newer. It adds a Network Map, device controls, mesh Wi-Fi, parental schedules, VPN, QoS and firewall screens at /untangled/, while LuCI stays available at the root path.Open sourceSelf-hostedViews · 7 daysNo views in 7 days
ZabbixMonitoring & ObservabilityZabbix is an open-source distributed monitoring platform from Zabbix LLC (Riga, Latvia). It collects metrics with agents or agentless checks, detects problems with triggers, sends alerts and shows dashboards. Version 8.0 LTS adds OpenTelemetry, APM and ClickHouse.Open sourceSelf-hostedFreemiumViews · 7 daysNo views in 7 days
ZeroTierVPN, Mesh & Remote AccessZeroTier connects devices, VMs and containers into virtual Layer 2 networks over an encrypted peer-to-peer protocol. ZeroTier One agents run on desktop, mobile, NAS and Docker; networks are managed in ZeroTier Central or a self-hosted controller.Open sourceSelf-hostedFreemiumViews · 7 daysTop 16%
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How to choose networking tools
Networking tools provide connectivity, routing, access, visibility and management across local, cloud and remote environments.
Who uses these tools
- Network engineers
- Infrastructure and security teams
- MSPs operating customer networks
Capabilities to compare
- Connectivity and traffic control
- Network visibility and troubleshooting
- Remote access and policy management
Operating considerations
- Topology, throughput and failure domains
- Identity integration and administrative access
- Hardware, agent and cloud dependencies
Selection checklist
- Document the topology, traffic and availability requirements first.
- Test failure, failover and remote recovery scenarios.
- Confirm telemetry retention and integration with security operations.
What belongs in this category: A listing belongs here when it builds, secures, observes or administers network communication as a primary function.
Networking on iThub in figures
iThub lists 27 tools in Networking. 20 of 27 are open source, 18 of 27 can be self-hosted, 24 of 27 have a free, freemium or open-source pricing model and 18 of 27 offer an API.
- Tools listed
- 27
- Open source
- 20
- Self-hostable
- 18
- Free to start
- 24
- With an API
- 18
- Web app
- 16
- Desktop app
- 18
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