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a VPN that is easily self-hostable and resistant to blocking? (eviltoast.org)

submitted 3 days ago by pr3d@eviltoast.org to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Hi, i'm looking for a VPN that:

is easily deployable via a docker-compose
has an Android App and it doesn't drain the battery too much
hides as regular HTTPS traffic so it's not blockable by Firewalls. (I don't need strong censorship resistance; it just has to work in offices and hotel WiFis.)
Bonus: A server like caddy can also accept HTTPS traffic for some regular websites next to the VPN server.

https://github.com/TrustTunnel/TrustTunnel sounds interesting, but the PR for docker compose was closed.

Do you know something else?

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[–] devtoolkit_api@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 days ago

For your exact use case (hiding as HTTPS, Docker, works behind restrictive firewalls), I would strongly recommend looking at:

WireGuard + wstunnel — WireGuard itself is great but easily blocked. Wrapping it in wstunnel makes it look like regular WebSocket/HTTPS traffic. Docker-compose setup is straightforward.
Cloak + OpenVPN/Shadowsocks — Cloak is specifically designed to make VPN traffic look like normal HTTPS to a CDN. Very effective against DPI.
Headscale (self-hosted Tailscale control server) — not inherently resistant to blocking, but combined with a DERP relay behind Caddy, it works well on most networks. The Tailscale Android app is excellent on battery life.

For the Caddy coexistence requirement specifically, wstunnel is probably your best bet since it literally runs as a WebSocket endpoint that Caddy can reverse proxy alongside your regular sites.

I have been running a similar setup (WireGuard over wstunnel behind Caddy) on a small VPS and it has worked through hotel and airport WiFi without issues.