Teleport
Identity-aware access for infrastructure
Teleport is an open-source access platform that provides secure, identity-aware connectivity to SSH servers, Kubernetes clusters, databases, and web apps. It records sessions and enforces RBAC.
Key features
- SSH, Kubernetes, and DB access
- Session recording
- Identity-based RBAC
- Certificate-based auth
Strengths
- Released under the AGPL-3.0 license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Kubernetes-ready with Helm charts available
- Mature project with 20.8k GitHub stars
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- Teleport vs Sunshine
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- Teleport vs Algo VPN
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- Teleport vs GoTTY
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- Teleport vs Nebula
- Teleport vs ZeroTier
- Teleport vs Chisel
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- Teleport vs EasyTier
- Teleport vs Firezone
- Teleport vs StackStorm
- Teleport vs strongSwan
- Teleport vs OpenConnect Server
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