# Pangolin

> Pangolin is a free, open-source app you can self-host in the web servers & reverse proxies category. Identity-aware tunneled reverse proxy with dashboard UI, access control, and WireGuard-based tunnels (alternative to Cloudflare Tunnel, Tailscale). It has 23,015 GitHub stars, is released under the AGPL-3.0 license and ships a Docker image. It is a self-hosted alternative to ngrok and Tailscale.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/fosrl/pangolin |
| Website | https://digpangolin.com/ |
| GitHub stars | 23,015 |
| Forks | 793 |
| Open issues | 77 |
| License | AGPL-3.0 |
| License type | Open source |
| Language | TypeScript |
| Docker image | Yes |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Categories | Web Servers & Reverse Proxies, Remote Access |
| Commits, last 12 months | 5,364 |
| Last commit | Oct 5, 2026 |
| Latest release | 1.24.0 (Sep 30, 2026) |
| Created | Sep 27, 2024 |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained |
| Archived | No |

Topics: reverse-proxy, wireguard, single-sign-on, self-hosted, oidc, vpn, zero-trust, zero-trust-network-access, ztna, pam

## Install

Pangolin ships a Docker image; follow the README at https://github.com/fosrl/pangolin for the image name and environment variables.

Need it installed for you? [appsgit installation help](https://appsgit.com/services/install): a fixed quote by email, single app installs from $79.

## Pangolin replaces

- [ngrok alternatives](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/ngrok): A tunneling service that exposes local servers to the internet.
- [Tailscale alternatives](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/tailscale): A mesh VPN built on WireGuard for connecting devices and servers.

## Similar apps in Web Servers & Reverse Proxies

- [Caddy](https://appsgit.com/apps/caddy): Powerful, enterprise-ready, open source web server with automatic HTTPS. (77,243 stars, Apache-2.0, Go, Docker)
- [Traefik](https://appsgit.com/apps/traefik): HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer that makes deploying microservices easy. (65,081 stars, MIT, Go, Docker)
- [Nginx Proxy Manager](https://appsgit.com/apps/nginx-proxy-manager): Docker container for managing Nginx proxy hosts with a simple, powerful interface. (34,325 stars, MIT, TypeScript, Docker)
- [NGINX](https://appsgit.com/apps/nginx): HTTP and reverse proxy server, mail proxy server, and generic TCP/UDP proxy server. (31,800 stars, BSD-2-Clause, C, Docker)
- [SafeLine](https://appsgit.com/apps/safeline): Web application firewall / reverse proxy to protect your web apps from attacks and exploits. (22,706 stars, GPL-3.0, Go, Docker)
- [BunkerWeb](https://appsgit.com/apps/bunkerweb): Next-gen Web Application Firewall (WAF) that will protect your web services. (11,043 stars, AGPL-3.0, Python, Docker)
- [Zoraxy](https://appsgit.com/apps/zoraxy): General purpose HTTP reverse proxy and forwarding tool. (5,510 stars, AGPL-3.0, HTML, Docker)
- [Pomerium](https://appsgit.com/apps/pomerium): Identity-aware reverse proxy, successor to now obsolete oauth_proxy. It inserts an OAuth step before proxying your request to the backend, so that you can safely expose your self-hosted websites to… (5,026 stars, Apache-2.0, Go, Docker)

## Articles

- [How to self-host a website in 2026: static sites, WordPress, Ghost and where to put them](https://appsgit.com/blog/how-to-self-host-a-website): How to self-host a website in 2026: serve a static site with Caddy, run WordPress or Ghost in Docker, and choose between a VPS and a home server for hosting it.
- [Self-hosted Tailscale: Headscale, NetBird and the open-source mesh VPN options](https://appsgit.com/blog/self-hosted-tailscale-headscale-netbird): Can you run Tailscale self-hosted? Headscale, NetBird, wg-easy, Pangolin and Firezone compared: licences, features, requirements, and when the free plan wins.

---

Canonical page: https://appsgit.com/apps/pangolin
Source: appsgit (https://appsgit.com), the app store for github. Data from the GitHub API, refreshed nightly.
Machine access: JSON API https://appsgit.com/api/v1/apps (OpenAPI: https://appsgit.com/openapi.json), MCP server https://mcp.appsgit.com/mcp, full index https://appsgit.com/llms-full.txt.