Rathole AlternativesOnly apps categorised as VPN Services

The best VPN alternative to Rathole is OpenVPN Connect, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Rathole and five of them are VPN Services so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting VPN Service alternatives to Rathole are WireGuard, WG Tunnel, Wireskip and TunnlTo.

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A lightweight, stable and high-performance reverse proxy for NAT traversal, written in Rust. An alternative to frp and ngrok. With lower resource consumption, it's possible to run on embedded devices like routers.

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Rathole alternatives page was last updated Aug 12, 2024
  1. OpenVPN Connect icon
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    OpenVPN Connect provides flexible VPN solutions to secure your data communications, whether it's for Internet privacy, remote access for employees, securing IoT, or for networking Cloud data centers.

    51 OpenVPN Connect alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron

    Top OpenVPN Connect Features

    1.  Security-focused
    2.  Online Anonymity
    3.  Privacy focused
    4.  Cisco AnyConnect
    5.  OpenVPN
    6.  Voice Chat
    7.  No registration required
    8.  No Tracking
    9.  No Logs
    10.  Ad-free
    11.  Encrypted VPN
    12.  Private repositories
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    • OpenVPN Connect is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & iPhone alternative to Rathole.

    • OpenVPN Connect is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Rathole.

    • OpenVPN Connect is Freemium and Open SourceRathole is Free and Open Source
    • OpenVPN Connect is Security-focused and Privacy focusedRathole is not according to our users
  2. WireGuard icon
     214 likes

    WireGuard is an extremely simple yet fast and modern VPN that utilizes state-of-the-art cryptography. It aims to be faster, simpler, leaner, and more useful than IPSec, while avoiding the massive headache. It intends to be considerably more performant than OpenVPN.

    52 WireGuard alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • F-Droid
    • OpenWrt

    Top WireGuard Features

    1.  Encrypted VPN
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Fast speed
    4.  No Logs
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  End-to-End Encryption
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  WireGuard
    9.  Privacy focused
    10.  AES-256 Encryption
    11.  No Tracking
    12.  Built-in VPN
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  3. WG Tunnel icon
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    This is an alternative Android Application for WireGuard and Amnezia VPN added features. Built using the wireguard-android library and Jetpack Compose, this application was inspired by the...

    51 WG Tunnel alternatives
    Home
    Adding a VPN
    +1
    Editing a VPN

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid

    WG Tunnel Features

    1.  WireGuard
    2.  Privacy focused
    3.  Player vs Player
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Split Tunneling
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  4. Wireskip icon
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    Wireskip is an open source VPN protocol designed with the goal of providing unrestricted access to the internet from anywhere.

    45 Wireskip alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows

    Wireskip Features

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  No registration required
    3.  REST API
    4.  Encrypted VPN
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  5. TunnlTo icon
     1 like

    TunnlTo is a Windows WireGuard VPN client built for split tunnelling.

    46 TunnlTo alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Top TunnlTo Features

    1.  End-to-End Encryption
    2.  No Logs
    3.  Shadowsocks
    4.  Split Tunneling
    5.  AES-256 Encryption
    6.  No registration required
    7.  Lightweight
    8.  Privacy focused
    9.  No Tracking
    10.  WireGuard
    11.  Decentralized
    12.  Ad-free
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