Best Self-hosted Network Security (VPN, Firewall, WAF) tools in 2026
38 self-hosted open source alternatives in this category
See also:
Certificates, PKI & TLS AutomationIdentity & Access Management (IAM)Secrets, Passwords & VaultsSSO & Federated Identity (OIDC/SAML)Threat Detection, SIEM & Incident ResponseVulnerability Management, Compliance & Audit38 services found
ZTNET
Web UI for managing private ZeroTier controllers with teams
ZTNET is a self-hosted web UI for administering private ZeroTier controllers, with multi-user access, organization support, and streamlined network and member management.
NetGoat
Self-hostable reverse proxy and traffic manager with WAF features
NetGoat is a self-hostable reverse proxy and traffic management platform offering Cloudflare-like features such as TLS termination, rate limiting, WAF-style filtering, an...
GoAway
Lightweight DNS sinkhole with a web admin dashboard
Self-hosted DNS sinkhole written in Go that blocks ads, trackers and malicious domains; provides a modern web dashboard, Docker support, DoT/DoH options and realtime stat...
Fail2Ban-Report
Web dashboard for Fail2Ban logs and centralized UFW blocklist management
Lightweight PHP dashboard that converts Fail2Ban logs into searchable JSON reports and centralizes UFW-based blocklist control with HTTPS-based multi-server sync.
PortChecker
Lightweight API and web UI to check TCP port availability
Open-source API and web interface to test TCP port availability for hostnames and IPs. Docker-ready, minimal dependencies, and exposes Prometheus metrics for monitoring.
socks5-proxy-server
Lightweight SOCKS5 proxy with user management and Telegram administration
Node.js SOCKS5 proxy server with optional authentication, per-user statistics, Docker Compose deployment, CLI management scripts, and a Telegram admin bot.
OpenSSH SFTP server
SFTP server subsystem of the OpenSSH secure-remote-access suite
The sftp-server subsystem in OpenSSH provides SFTP file-transfer services over SSH with support for internal-sftp, chroot jails, public-key and certificate authentication...
Privoxy
Non-caching web proxy with privacy and content filtering
Privoxy is a self-hosted, non-caching web proxy that filters ads and trackers, rewrites content, and modifies HTTP headers for privacy and access control.