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Mesheryvssetup-ipsec-vpn

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

Mesherysetup-ipsec-vpn
Score73/10078/100
Rank in category#2 of 7 in Kubernetes#3 of 56 in VPN
GitHub stars12 07328 882
Stars, last 30 days+52+325
Stable releases, 12 months120
Latest releasev1.0.74 · 22 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0Other
Main languageTypescriptShell

Which one should you pick?

setup-ipsec-vpn scores 78/100 against 73/100 for Meshery, so it is the safer default.

Meshery ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for setup-ipsec-vpn.

If you want the quickest setup, setup-ipsec-vpn is easier to run; Meshery needs more configuration.

setup-ipsec-vpn is growing faster right now (+325 stars in 30 days).

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