WING Alternatives

WING is described as 'Open-source Wireless Mesh Networking platform aimed at hobbyists and enthusiasts' and is an app in the security & privacy category. There are more than 10 alternatives to WING for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Apple TV apps. The best WING alternative is GNUnet, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like WING are cjdns, Freelan, Qaul and LibreMesh.

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WING is an open-source Wireless Mesh Networking platform aimed at hobbyists and enthusiasts.

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WING alternatives page was last updated Dec 21, 2018
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  1. GNUnet icon
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    GNUnet is a framework for secure peer-to-peer networking that does not use any centralized or otherwise trusted services. A first service implemented on top of the networking layer allows anonymous censorship-resistant file-sharing.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Decentralized
    2.  Anonymous Secure Filesharing
    3.  Decentralised Name System
    4.  Modularity
    5.  Overlay network
    6.  Peer-To-Peer
    7.  Mesh network
    8.  Distributed

    GNUnet VS WING

     
    • GNUnet is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to WING.

    • GNUnet is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to WING.

    • GNUnet is Free and Open SourceWING is also Free and Open Source
    • GNUnet is Decentralized and Privacy focusedWING is not according to our users
  2. cjdns icon
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    Cjdns is a networking protocol and reference implementation, founded on the ideology that networks should be easy to set up, protocols should scale up smoothly, and security should be ubiquitous.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Decentralized
    2.  Peer-To-Peer
    3.  Mesh network
    4.  Support for IPv6
    5.  Distributed

    cjdns VS WING

     
  3. Freelan icon
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    A free, open-source, multi-platform, highly-configurable and peer-to-peer VPN software, designed to easily connect remote hosts and mainly focused on security and performance.

    36 Freelan alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    No update in >2 years.Download links no longer work.

    Properties

    1.  Configurable

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Peer-To-Peer

    Freelan VS WING

     
  4. Qaul icon
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    Ad-hoc wireless mesh-network suite that harnesses the power of everyday devices such as computers and smartphones to create a Democratic, Non-Centralized, Mesh Network.

    14 Qaul alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • C++

    Qaul Features

    1.  Mesh network

    Qaul VS WING

     
  5. LibreMesh icon
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    LibreMesh is a set of modules extending the OpenWrt router distribution to create self-configuring wireless and wired mesh networks.

    22 LibreMesh alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • OpenWrt
    • LEDE - Linux Embedded Development Environment

    LibreMesh Features

    1.  Decentralized
    2.  Based on Debian
    3.  Mesh network
    4.  Distributed

    LibreMesh VS WING

     
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    The Phantom protocol is a system for decentralized anonymization of generic network traffic. It has been designed with the following main goals in mind:

    22 Phantom alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • SE flagSweden
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    No more updates on their website since 2011.

    Phantom Features

    1.  Decentralized
    2.  Online Anonymity
    3.  Encrypted Connection
    4.  Peer-To-Peer

    Phantom VS WING

     
  7. SMesh icon
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    SMesh is a seamless wireless mesh network being developed by the Distributed System and Networks Lab at Johns Hopkins University.

    13 SMesh alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Windows Mobile

    SMesh Features

    1.  Decentralized
    2.  Mesh network
    3.  Distributed
    4.  Peer-To-Peer
    5.  Wireless
    6.  Online Anonymity

    SMesh VS WING

     
  8. ninux icon
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    Ninux is an Italian wireless network community with the goal of creating and expanding a free, open and experimental computer network. It uses the OLSR (Optimized Link State Routing) Protocol, an IP routing protocol optimized for mobile ad hoc networks.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • IT flagItaly
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux

    ninux Features

    1.  Wireless
    2.  Linux-based
    3.  Mesh network
    4.  Bypass Censorship
    5.  Online Anonymity

    ninux VS WING

     
  9. CCNx icon
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    The vision of Project CCNx® is to develop, promote, and evaluate a new approach to a communication architecture called content-centric networking.

    21 CCNx alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Apple TV

    CCNx VS WING

     
  10. CoovaChilli icon
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    CoovaChilli is an open-source software access controller for captive portal (UAM) and 802.1X access provisioning, based on the popular (but now defunct) ChilliSpot project, and is actively maintained by an original ChilliSpot contributor.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Ubuntu
    • OpenWrt

    CoovaChilli Features

    1.  Access Control

    CoovaChilli VS WING

     
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    OLSR is a Link State Routing Protocol (LSRP) implementation optimized for Mobile ad hoc networks on devices like routers, smartphones, or desktop computers.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • NO flagNorway

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • Apple TV

    OLSR (Optimized Link State Routing) Features

    1.  Mesh network
    2.  Wireless-networking

    OLSR (Optimized Link State Routing) VS WING

     
  12. Digitata icon
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    Digitatas is a digital tree, a sapling to give technology to children of the Digital Generation. Under Open Hardware licensing by Open_Sailing and openet.org.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • ZA flagSouth Africa

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online

    Digitata VS WING

     
    • Digitata is the most popular Web-based alternative to WING.

    • Digitata is Free and Open SourceWING is also Free and Open Source
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