Nebula
Scalable overlay networking tool from Slack
Nebula is an open-source overlay networking tool built for scalability and security, originally created at Slack. It uses a certificate-based model to connect hosts across the internet.
Key features
- Certificate-based identity
- Scales to large fleets
- Built-in firewall rules
- Cross-platform binaries
Strengths
- Released under the MIT license
- Mature project with 17.6k GitHub stars
- Written in Go
- Tiny footprint — runs in 64 MB RAM
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