Teleport
Remote Access & VPNIdentity-aware access for infrastructure
Replaces Cisco AnyConnect, AWS Systems Manager
Best Kubernetes Remote Access & VPN for self-hosting
The 5 best Kubernetes remote access & vpn you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
OpenZiti
Remote Access & VPNProgrammable zero-trust networking platform
Replaces Cloudflare Access
Selkies
Remote Access & VPNLow-latency WebRTC remote desktop streaming
Replaces Parsec
SSHPiper
Remote Access & VPNReverse proxy router for SSH connections
Replaces Teleport
CloudTTY
Remote Access & VPNCloud-native web terminal for Kubernetes
Replaces ttyd
No apps match these filters.
At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teleport | Under-an-hour setup | Hard | 1,024 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 20,989 |
| OpenZiti | Under-an-hour setup | Hard | 512 MB | Apache-2.0 | 4,426 |
| Selkies | Under-an-hour setup | Hard | 2,048 MB | MPL-2.0 | 2,318 |
| SSHPiper | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 128 MB | MIT | 1,331 |
| CloudTTY | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 256 MB | Apache-2.0 | 661 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: Teleport (20,989 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: SSHPiper (from 128 MB RAM, against 2,048 MB for the heaviest here).
- Licensing: 2 of 5 use Apache-2.0; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Kubernetes within the remote access & vpn category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.