Lucky
Network Utilities
v2.27.2
Lucky is an all-in-one networking toolkit aimed at router and homelab users, originally written in Go as a socat replacement for turning public IPv6 into int…8mo agoMITDockerEasy
Self-hosted alternatives to Socat
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wolA self-hosted Wake-On-LAN tool written in Go that wakes network devices via CLI or web UI, supports scheduled wake-ups and custom broadcast settings.
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MyIPOpen-source, self-hosted IP toolbox: look up IP and geolocation, detect WebRTC and DNS leaks, run speed, MTR, ping and Whois tests, all in one Docker container.
LibreSpeedSelf-hosted, open-source HTML5 speed test measuring download, upload, ping and jitter in the browser, with optional telemetry and multiple test points.
About these Socat alternatives
1 open-source, self-hosted alternatives to Socat are listed here, ranked by popularity, maintenance and documentation.
- Highest rated
- Lucky (8 269 GitHub stars, MIT license, written in Go)
- Docker
- 1 of the top 1 ship an official Docker image
- Easiest to set up
- Lucky
- Recently updated
- Lucky v2.27.2 on 2026-02-15
Socat alternatives compared
| Project | License | Language | Stars | Docker | Setup | Latest release | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucky | MIT | Go | 8 269 | Yes | Easy | v2.27.2 | 57 |