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ruddervssetup-ipsec-vpn

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

ruddersetup-ipsec-vpn
Score55/10078/100
Rank in category#4 of 8 in Configuration Management#3 of 56 in VPN
GitHub stars71928 890
Stars, last 30 days+0+324
Stable releases, 12 months110
Latest release9.1.4 · 7 Aug 2026—
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseGPL-3.0Other
Main languageScalaShell

Which one should you pick?

setup-ipsec-vpn scores 78/100 against 55/100 for rudder, so it is the safer default.

rudder ships more often: 11 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; rudder needs more configuration.

setup-ipsec-vpn is growing faster right now (+324 stars in 30 days).

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