Alternatives to nebula
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. nebula itself: install nebula.
Yggdrasil
An experiment in scalable routing as an encrypted IPv6 overlay network
dnsgen
DNSGen is a powerful and flexible DNS name permutation tool designed for security researchers and penetration testers. It generates intelligent domain
fastfetch
A maintained, feature-rich and performance oriented, neofetch like system information tool
mimalloc
mimalloc is a compact general purpose allocator with excellent performance
bandit
Bandit is a tool designed to find common security issues in Python code
kube-bench
Checks whether Kubernetes is deployed according to security best practices as defined in the CIS Kubernetes Benchmark
highway
Performance-portable, length-agnostic SIMD with runtime dispatch
credo
A static code analysis tool for the Elixir language with a focus on code consistency and teaching
Textream
Textream is a free macOS teleprompter app for streamers, interviewers, and presenters. It highlights your script in real-time as you speak, displayed
jaq
A jq clone focussed on correctness, speed, and simplicity
massdns
A high-performance DNS stub resolver for bulk lookups and reconnaissance (subdomain enumeration)
core-lightning
Core Lightning — Lightning Network implementation focusing on spec compliance and performance
concurrencykit
Concurrency primitives, safe memory reclamation mechanisms and non-blocking (including lock-free) data structures designed to aid in the research, des
weggli
weggli is a fast and robust semantic search tool for C and C++ codebases. It is designed to help security researchers identify interesting functionali
sbom-tool
The SBOM tool is a highly scalable and enterprise ready tool to create SPDX 2.2 compatible SBOMs for any variety of artifacts
macchina
A system information frontend with an emphasis on performance
kubeaudit
kubeaudit helps you audit your Kubernetes clusters against common security controls
libsepol
This is the upstream repository for the Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) userland libraries and tools. The software provided by this project compleme
Nudge
A tool for encouraging the installation of macOS security updates
bounceback
↕️🤫 Stealth redirector for your red team operation security
cromwell
Scientific workflow engine designed for simplicity & scalability. Trivially transition between one off use cases to massive scale production environme
Sysdig Inspect
Sysdig Inspect - A powerful opensource interface for container troubleshooting and security investigation
scrcpy
Display and control your Android device
go
The Go programming language
How we picked these
We match on what the tool does and how it installs, then order by how widely each project is used. We're not saying these are better or worse than nebula — that depends on what you're building. We're saying they're the projects people reach for in the same situations, and each one has an install command we checked against its documentation.
nebula is developed by its own authors and this page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by any project listed, and nothing here is a paid placement.