Pangolin

Pangolin is a self-hosted secure access gateway designed to publish internal web apps and services without directly exposing your network. It focuses on simplifying tunneled publishing, centralizing access control, and providing an admin UI for managing endpoints and users.

Key Features

• Secure tunneling to expose private services behind NAT/firewalls
• Reverse-proxy style routing to multiple apps/services under one gateway
• Identity-aware access controls for protected routes (authentication/authorization)
• Web-based admin UI for managing services, users, and configuration
• Designed for homelab and small-team deployments with straightforward setup

Use Cases

• Publish homelab dashboards and internal tools to the internet with access control
• Provide remote access to self-hosted business apps without opening inbound ports broadly
• Create a single entry point for multiple internal services with centralized policy

Limitations and Considerations

• Feature set and integrations may be less extensive than large, mature zero-trust platforms; validate required auth providers and policies before adopting.

Pangolin is a good fit when you want a single, manageable gateway to expose internal services via tunnels while keeping access policies centralized. It targets practical deployments where ease of operation and controlled access are more important than complex enterprise features.