frp vs JumpServer
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted remote access & vpn options
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare JumpServer with
choose an app… RustDesk Headscale Sunshine Tailscale Algo VPN NetBird WG-Easy localtunnel Neko Teleport GoTTY Moonlight Nebula ZeroTier Chisel Cockpit Termix OpenVPN Mosh rathole noVNC FreeRDP SoftEther VPN EasyTier ttyd Netmaker Sliver bore Apollo RustDesk Server Docker OpenVPN Firezone sshx Warpgate TigerVNC GOST MeshCentral n2n wstunnel Outline Server Webmin Next Terminal innernet Wetty KasmVNC WebSSH Remotely Pritunl Wirehole Nexterm zrok expose websockify Tactical RMM OpenZiti Webtop Boundary WireGuard Apache Guacamole Eternal Terminal pgrok Bastillion Sshwifty Shell In A Box strongSwan Xpra Headplane Defguard WebSSH2 Snowflake SSH Client tinc Games on Whales ShellHub Selkies Aspia tunnelmole ztncui Subspace WireGuard Portal wayvnc PyRDP docker-baseimage-gui trzsz boringproxy SSHPiper Upterm Kasm Workspaces Headscale-Admin Wesher x11vnc Neko Rooms CloudTTY OpenConnect Server Apache Guacamole Lite gTunnel X2Go Guacozy Engity's Bifröst Cardea RPort Neutrinet SparkView
Feature frp JumpServer Category Remote Access & VPN Remote Access & VPN License Apache-2.0 GPL-3.0 Language Go Python Setup difficulty Medium Medium Min. RAM 64 MB 4,096 MB Deployment binary, docker docker, kubernetes GitHub stars ★ 108,622 ★ 31,230 First released 2016 2014 Replaces ngrok CyberArk, Teleport
Why pick each one
Choose frp if… Released under the Apache-2.0 license First-class Docker support for quick deployment Mature project with 108.6k GitHub stars Written in Go frp details Choose JumpServer if… Released under the GPL-3.0 license First-class Docker support for quick deployment Kubernetes-ready with Helm charts available Mature project with 31.2k GitHub stars JumpServer details
Frequently asked questions Is frp or JumpServer better? Neither is universally better. frp has the larger community; both share a medium setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.
Are frp and JumpServer free and open-source? Yes. frp is licensed under Apache-2.0 and JumpServer under GPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run frp and JumpServer with Docker? frp: yes. JumpServer: yes.