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setup-ipsec-vpnvsusque

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

setup-ipsec-vpnusque
Score78/10053/100
Rank in category#3 of 56 in VPN#29 of 56 in VPN
GitHub stars28 8821 503
Stars, last 30 days+325—
Stable releases, 12 months09
Latest release—v4.2.1 · 20 Jul 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languageShellGo

Which one should you pick?

setup-ipsec-vpn scores 78/100 against 53/100 for usque, so it is the safer default.

usque ships more often: 9 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; usque needs more configuration.

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

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