gsliepen/tinc

Health v2 · maintenance only

Flags: prerelease_only no_license

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2239 stars · 299 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Tinc is a peer-to-peer VPN daemon that creates encrypted private networks over the Internet with automatic full-mesh routing and NAT traversal. Nodes learn about each other automatically after initial connections, and traffic can be forwarded through intermediate nodes when direct connections are not possible.

Use cases

• set up a mesh VPN between multiple servers
• connect remote offices into one virtual LAN
• bridge ethernet segments over the internet
• create a secure private network with NAT traversal
• run LAN-only games and apps over the internet
• self-host a VPN without configuring individual tunnels

When to choose

• you want a self-hosted, full-mesh VPN that scales to many nodes
• you need automatic peer discovery and NAT traversal without a central server
• you want to bridge ethernet segments or run in switch/hub mode
• you need a mature daemon packaged in most Linux distributions

When to avoid

• you want a simple client-server VPN with a polished GUI
• you need WireGuard-level performance and modern cryptography
• you require a stable 1.1 release - only 1.0.x is stable and 1.1 is still pre-release
• you need commercial support or extensive modern documentation

Facets

application · maturity stable

vpn networking security cryptography routing networking security privacy self-hosted microservices windows bsd cross-platform cli vpn-daemon mesh-vpn peer-to-peer nat-traversal tunneling encryption tun-tap linux macos

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