[PR #748] [CLOSED] Add WireGUI VPN server to README #5862

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GiteaMirror · 2026-05-02T17:16:06-05:00

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2026-05-02 17:16:06 -05:00

📋 Pull Request Information

Original PR: https://github.com/awesome-foss/awesome-sysadmin/pull/748
Author: @bartei
Created: 4/9/2026
Status: ❌ Closed

Base: master ← Head: patch-1

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0cd7ef0 Add WireGUI VPN server to README

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📝 README.md (+1 -0)

📄 Description

Thank you for taking the time to work on a PR for Awesome-Sysadmin!

To ensure your PR is dealt with swiftly please check the following:

Your additions are Free software
Software you are submitting is not your own, unless you have a healthy ecosystem with a few contributors (which aren't your sock puppet accounts).
Submit one item per pull request. This eases reviewing and speeds up inclusion.
Format your submission as follows, where Demo and Clients are optional.
Do not add a duplicate Source code link if it is the same as the main link.
Keep the short description under 80 characters and use sentence case
for it, even if the project's webpage or readme uses another capitalisation.
Demo links should only be used for interactive demos, i.e. not video demonstrations.
- [Name](http://homepage/) - Short description, under 250 characters, sentence case. ([Demo](http://url.to/demo), [Source Code](http://url.of/source/code), [Clients](https://url.to/list/of/related/clients-or-apps)) `License` `Language`
Additions are inserted preserving alphabetical order.
Additions are not already listed at awesome-selfhosted
The Language tag is the main server-side requirement for the software. Don't include frameworks or specific dialects.
You have searched the repository for any relevant issues or PRs, including closed ones.
Any category you are creating has the minimum requirement of 3 items.
Any software project you are adding to the list is actively maintained.
The pull request title is informative, unlike "Update README.md".
Suggested titles: "Add aaa to bbb" for adding software aaa to section bbb,
"Remove aaa from bbb" for removing, "Fix license for aaa", etc.

Please take some time to answer the following questions as best you can:

Why is it awesome?

Because WireGUI is against enshittification and Elastic Licensing, this new VPN server promotes simplicity and the real free spirit of open source, it's inspired by the last good (to me) version of Firezone, but fully reimplemented in Python, it has proper unit and end to end testing, it's very easy to setup and it just works!

Have you used it? For how long?

I have it in production with two companies and I use it for my own home network.

Is this in a personal or professional setup?

Both, i think i answered above.

How many devices/users/services/... do you manage with it?

~70 users in production at one site, a handful in the others.

Biggest pros/cons compared to other solutions?

It's AGPL, free and open source, well documented, simple and perfectly stable. it doesn't have peer to peer complications that many other solutions are pushing out now. it's not a SaaS or IaaS, you self host it and you enjoy it. It has all you need to setup a high efficiency hub and spoke VPN server without fuss, it has full support for SAML and OIDC and it comes with proper integration tests to validate it.

Any other comments about your use case, things you've found excellent, limitations you've encountered... ?

Firezone has abandoned the hub and spoke architecture, it's now a beast to deploy, and they recommend you not to self host it. Also it has its own client which I hate, it's Wireguard based, why do you force users to install a custom client? just to collect metrics and usage patterns?

Netbird it's awesome but also kinda enshittified, it has Elastic Licensing, pushes you to use their cloud platform at every opportunity, also wants you to use their own custom client.

I didn't like any of the above, so i put together WireGUI, with all the things i missed from the good old Firezone, and with Freedom included, for the community to enjoy.

_{🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.}

## 📋 Pull Request Information **Original PR:** https://github.com/awesome-foss/awesome-sysadmin/pull/748 **Author:** [@bartei](https://github.com/bartei) **Created:** 4/9/2026 **Status:** ❌ Closed **Base:** `master` ← **Head:** `patch-1` --- ### 📝 Commits (1) - [`0cd7ef0`](https://github.com/awesome-foss/awesome-sysadmin/commit/0cd7ef097afc3f4453d5bd2b8297eb64ff36a886) Add WireGUI VPN server to README ### 📊 Changes **1 file changed** (+1 additions, -0 deletions) <details> <summary>View changed files</summary> 📝 `README.md` (+1 -0) </details> ### 📄 Description   Thank you for taking the time to work on a PR for Awesome-Sysadmin! To ensure your PR is dealt with swiftly please check the following: - [X] Your additions are [Free software](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software) - [ ] Software you are submitting is not your own, unless you have a healthy ecosystem with a few contributors (which aren't your sock puppet accounts). - [X] Submit one item per pull request. This eases reviewing and speeds up inclusion. - [X] Format your submission as follows, where `Demo` and `Clients` are optional. Do not add a duplicate `Source code` link if it is the same as the main link. Keep the short description under 80 characters and use [sentence case](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_case#Sentence_case) for it, even if the project's webpage or readme uses another capitalisation. `Demo` links should only be used for interactive demos, i.e. not video demonstrations. ``- [Name](http://homepage/) - Short description, under 250 characters, sentence case. ([Demo](http://url.to/demo), [Source Code](http://url.of/source/code), [Clients](https://url.to/list/of/related/clients-or-apps)) `License` `Language` `` - [X] Additions are inserted preserving alphabetical order. - [X] Additions are not already listed at [awesome-selfhosted](https://awesome-selfhosted.net) - [X] The `Language` tag is the main **server-side** requirement for the software. Don't include frameworks or specific dialects. - [X] You have searched the repository for any relevant [issues](https://github.com/awesome-foss/awesome-sysadmin/issues) or [PRs](https://github.com/awesome-foss/awesome-sysadmin/pulls), including closed ones. - [X] Any category you are creating has the minimum requirement of 3 items. - [X] Any software project you are adding to the list is actively maintained. - [X] The pull request title is informative, unlike "Update README.md". Suggested titles: "Add aaa to bbb" for adding software aaa to section bbb, "Remove aaa from bbb" for removing, "Fix license for aaa", etc. -------------- Please take some time to answer the following questions as best you can:  - **Why is it awesome?** Because WireGUI is against enshittification and Elastic Licensing, this new VPN server promotes simplicity and the real free spirit of open source, it's inspired by the last good (to me) version of Firezone, but fully reimplemented in Python, it has proper unit and end to end testing, it's very easy to setup and it just works! - **Have you used it? For how long?** I have it in production with two companies and I use it for my own home network. - **Is this in a personal or professional setup?** Both, i think i answered above. - **How many devices/users/services/... do you manage with it?** ~70 users in production at one site, a handful in the others. - **Biggest pros/cons compared to other solutions?** It's AGPL, free and open source, well documented, simple and perfectly stable. it doesn't have peer to peer complications that many other solutions are pushing out now. it's not a SaaS or IaaS, you self host it and you enjoy it. It has all you need to setup a high efficiency hub and spoke VPN server without fuss, it has full support for SAML and OIDC and it comes with proper integration tests to validate it. - **Any other comments about your use case, things you've found excellent, limitations you've encountered... ?** Firezone has abandoned the hub and spoke architecture, it's now a beast to deploy, and they recommend you not to self host it. Also it has its own client which I hate, it's Wireguard based, why do you force users to install a custom client? just to collect metrics and usage patterns? Netbird it's awesome but also kinda enshittified, it has Elastic Licensing, pushes you to use their cloud platform at every opportunity, also wants you to use their own custom client. I didn't like any of the above, so i put together WireGUI, with all the things i missed from the good old Firezone, and with Freedom included, for the community to enjoy. --- <sub>🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.</sub>

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Reference: github-starred/awesome-sysadmin#5862