Gately

Open-source, auditable network gateway for homelabs, NAS and servers: DDNS, STUN traversal, port forwarding with SNI routing, reverse proxy and web server, ACME certificates, WAF, Tailscale, frp, Cloudflare Tunnel, Docker and web terminal in one binary. Runs on Docker, fnOS, OpenWrt, Linux, macOS and Windows.

Gately is an open-source web servers project on GitHub under the Apache-2.0 license (permissive), with 477 stars. It is built with Go and Core. Its last push was yesterday.

Stars: 477
License: Apache-2.0
Activity: Active
Latest release: v0.6.4.1

Code on GitHub Website

Judgement

What it is: Complete system
What it does: A single binary that manages the edge of a home network or small server from a web console: dynamic DNS, STUN NAT traversal, port forwarding, reverse proxy, ACME certificates, a web application firewall, frp, Tailscale and Cloudflare Tunnel. It also ships as a native app for fnOS and runs on OpenWrt.
Adopt it when: You run a homelab or NAS behind a home router and want DDNS, certificates and a reverse proxy in one console instead of several separate tools.
Watch out: It is three weeks old, handles certificates and exposed ports so a flaw matters, and the default admin password in the quick start must be changed.
Ready for: Experimental
Runs as: Self-hosted server
Built with: Go, Vue and TypeScript
How established: New: started under a month ago, latest release v0.6.4.1.
What the license allows: You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.

Judged on 2026-11-06 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

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