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WireGuard

Modern VPN protocol, ~4k lines of kernel code

provisional — pending verificationGPL-2.0self-hostable

Arete score

5.0 / 5

Autonomy5

Return5

Efficiency5

Transparency5

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~ Provisional — seeded estimate by a human researcher; full rubric pass pending.

Why it's listed

WireGuard is listed in vpn & networking because it competes on utility: modern vpn protocol, ~4k lines of kernel code. Its funding model is disclosed on the listing. Licensed GPL-2.0; pricing: free / donations. Technically it's lean — it runs comfortably on modest hardware, which is exactly the proof-of-work efficiency we rank for. This entry is provisional — the scores are seeded estimates pending our full manual rubric pass, and the verification date will appear here once complete.

Facts

License: GPL-2.0
Pricing: Free / donations
Funding model: Donation-funded OSS
Self-hostable: Yes — deploy difficulty: medium
Verification: Provisional — scores are seeded estimates pending manual verification

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