# Tela

10 Hacker News commenters recommended Tela and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free userspace tool linking machines over WebDAV without TUN adapters, root or admin rights, plus hole punching for P2P speed.

## Why people recommend it

- No TUN, root, or admin required (3 comments): "I went with WebDAV because it works on all three platforms without a kernel module or extra driver." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47748370)) "your userspace approach is really interesting btw, especially the no tun / no root part" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47751487)) "requires no TUN adapter, no root access, and no admin privileges on either end" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47747939))
- Userspace approach praised as interesting (2 comments): "your userspace approach is really interesting btw, especially the no tun / no root part" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47751487)) "It looks essentially like userspace NAT, only active for particular ports." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47756112))
- Built better than alternatives (2 comments): "built something with more depth and honestly better than most alternatives out there" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47349676)) "Exactly what I was going to build for myself, no need now, very cool" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47749039))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Tailscale](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tailscale.md): 809 recommend
- [Headscale](https://hackerapproved.com/p/headscale.md): 79 recommend
- [ZeroTier](https://hackerapproved.com/p/zerotier.md): 19 recommend
- [Tailscale Peer Relays](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tailscale-peer-relays.md): 15 recommend
- [OpenZiti](https://hackerapproved.com/p/openziti.md): 10 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Tela", https://hackerapproved.com/p/tela/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).