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Nebula

Scalable overlay network built by Slack

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Nebula is an open source scalable overlay networking tool built by Slack engineers. Creates a flat network where distributed nodes communicate securely. Firewall rules in the protocol.

Pros

  • Open source by Slack engineers
  • Scales to hundreds of thousands of nodes
  • Firewall rules built into protocol

Cons

  • Requires manual configuration
  • No GUI — DevOps/engineering tool

Best For

Infrastructure engineers building large-scale private overlay networks for distributed systems

Pricing

Free Forever

Free
  • Core features included

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