Pangolin
Infrastructure
reverse proxy
SHOW HN2025
500points
125comments
#73of 3,837 in 2025
Top 2%of 2025 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
25 positive, 56 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 8 critical, out of 89 comments about the project. Thread score +0.22.
Idea: 12 for, 2 againstExecution: 3 for, 1 againstPerformance: 2 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Smooth, stable install and operation for self-hosted setups
From 3 comments
Been using this for a few months for serving from home with a tiny VPS at Hetzner tunneling the traffic to Newt behind my home firewall. My experience went very smooth and…
PeterStuer on HNGreat seeing Pangolin posted on Show HN. I just got pangolin installed and configured this afternoon on a VPS. With Newt running locally on a cheap mini-pc to establish wireguard…
nirav72 on HNI have been using pangolin for a few months already and it's awesome. Installed in a small VPS (static IP) as an entry point for all the services I want to expose to friends and…
PoKeRGT on HN
Open source alternative to Cloudflare Tunnels is refreshing
From 2 comments
This is super exciting! The “Cloudflare Tunnel” lock-in has always bugged me, so seeing an open source option is genuinely refreshing. I’m especially curious how Pangolin handles…
44za12 on HNThere are dozens of open source alternatives to Cloudflare Tunnels: https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling That being said, I believe Pangolin is one of the better and…
PhilippGille on HN
Polished UI and easy setup
From 2 comments
This looks really nice. I have set up something similar just recently with an OPNSense box running DNS, the WireGuard instance and getting a wildcard Let's Encrypt cert that it…
paffdragon on HNI wish I'd found this project sooner. UI looks quite sleek! I love working with CF Tunnels but I got frustrated with their lackluster web admin ux that I recently decided to have…
jz10 on HN
Objections
Running on a VPS means the provider can see decrypted traffic
From 1 comment
If you use this, it makes sense to run it at home. If you run it on a VPS, traffic is decrypted on VPS, the same privacy issue with Cloudflare tunnels. You have to trust the VPS…
aborsy on HN
Written in Node.js, questioned for reverse proxy use
From 1 comment
Reverse proxy in nodejs? How about no?
pancsta on HN
Requests
Step-by-step tutorials for each use case
From 1 comment
Would be nice if there were a mini-tutorial in the doc for each of the use-cases you mention here, so we could quickly test it and see if it helps
oulipo on HN
Dokploy or Kubernetes integration guidance
From 2 comments
Would Pangolin "integrate naturally" with something like Dokploy? Or is more meant to "replace" it? Could you make a Dokploy template to let people deploy it easily?
oulipo on HNHow does this play on kubernetes?
vanillax on HN
Questions
How it differs from Tailscale, NetBird, frp, zrok
From 4 comments
This seems really interesting for managing a lot of remote dev boxes or something like that... so, kind of an uneducated question (from someone who isn't heavily involved in…
noduerme on HNWhat is the difference between Pangolin and NetBird, which is also a self-hosted and fully open-source solution? https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird
LucidLynx on HNHow does it compare to frp, one of the most popular Open Source Cloudflare Tunnel alternative? https://github.com/fatedier/frp
kbumsik on HNHow does this compare to other OSS like zrok?
d0100 on HN
Whether it works with existing Traefik setups
From 1 comment
Hi! I'm using traefik as reverse proxy for my homelab. Would it be possible to combine Pangolin with it while preserving already defined routes and services? Or do I need to run…
gavt45 on HN
Support for multiple domains
From 1 comment
Amazing project. I have been using tail scale connected to an nginx proxy manager hosted on a VPS, to make my application public. Wrote about it here:…
coderhs on HN
Alternatives named
Tailscale
From 2 comments
This seems really interesting for managing a lot of remote dev boxes or something like that... so, kind of an uneducated question (from someone who isn't heavily involved in…
noduerme on HNSorry if this is a noobish question, but would this allow me to access services on a VPS, that I do not want publicly accessible on the internet? In other words: Let's say I have…
djlameche on HN
Cloudflare Tunnels
From 2 comments
I use CF tunnels pretty extensively with my home unraid server. The TL;DR is this - there are certain apps I host that I want to be public and don't want to onboard a Tailscale…
mbesto on HNThis looks awesome. I am using Twingate (hosted and paid) currently in my production AWS VPC. AWS instance are in private subnets, no public ips attached, using a NAT instance…
nodesocket on HN
frp
From 2 comments
How does it compare to frp, one of the most popular Open Source Cloudflare Tunnel alternative? https://github.com/fatedier/frp
kbumsik on HNI've been trying to get something like this working with frp and now sish but I'm not there yet. My use case is a little weird, I need to run the tunnel behind a traefik instance…
qskousen on HN
OpenZiti / zrok
From 2 comments
This sounds a bit like OpenZiti & Zrok, but still sounds interesting, I'll give it a try as I do use Cloudflare tunnels a fair bit.
topgungtr99 on HNI still use Cloudflare Tunnel(cap) but anything new is going to OpenZiti/Zrok (grow). Openziti/Zrok are amazing.
iAm25626 on HN
NetBird
From 1 comment
What is the difference between Pangolin and NetBird, which is also a self-hosted and fully open-source solution? https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird
LucidLynx on HN