Show HN: Pangolin – Open source alternative to Cloudflare Tunnels
miloschwartz Thursday, July 10, 2025Pangolin is an open source self-hosted tunneled reverse proxy management server with identity and access control, designed to securely expose private resources through encrypted WireGuard tunnels running in user space.
We made Pangolin so you retain full control over your infrastructure while providing a user-friendly and feature-rich solution for managing proxies, authentication, and access, all with a clean and simple dashboard web UI.
GitHub: https://github.com/fosrl/pangolin
Deployment takes about 5 minutes on a VPS: https://docs.fossorial.io/Getting%20Started/quick-install
Demo by Lawrence Systems (YouTube): https://youtu.be/g5qOpxhhS7M?si=M1XTWLGLUZW0WzTv&t=723
Some use cases:
- Grant users access to your apps from anywhere using just a web-browser
- Proxy behind CGNAT
- One application load balancer across multiple clouds and on-premises
- Easily expose services on IoT and edge devices for field monitoring
- Bring localhost online for easy access
A few key features: - No port forwarding and hide your public IP for self-hosting
- Create proxies to multiple different private networks
- OAuth2/OIDC identity providers
- Role-based access control
- Raw TCP and UDP support
- Resource-specific pin codes, passwords, email OTP
- Self-destructing shareable links
- API for automation
- WAF with CrowdSec and Geoblocking
Summary
Pangolin is an open-source library for real-time 3D visualization and interaction. It provides a simple and efficient way to create interactive 3D applications, including support for various input devices and rendering backends.
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