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Tuwunel by matrix-construct

Rust Apache-2.0

Official successor to conduwuit

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Verdict 73/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 3/5 setup difficulty Last release 22 days ago

Self-host Tuwunel on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

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Health score
73 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
3 /5
External DB / setup
GitHub stars
2.2k
185 forks

About Tuwunel

From the project's README at github.com/matrix-construct/tuwunel. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

[](https://github.com/matrix-construct/tuwunel/actions/workflows/main.yml)

<!-- ANCHOR: catchphrase --> High Performance Matrix Homeserver in Rust!

[](https://matrix-construct.github.io/tuwunel/) [](https://try.tuwunel.chat) [![Support Chat](https://img.shields.io/matrix/tuwunel%3Amatrix.org.svg?colo

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
100
maturity
80
community
88
security
70
sustainability
65
adoption
29

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 2.2k github.com/matrix-construct/tuwunel
GitHub forks 185 github.com/matrix-construct/tuwunel

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age1.3 yearssince Feb 2025
Last commit5 days agoJun 21, 2026
Releases shipped21last: 22 days ago

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

Security advisories

1 known advisories tracked via OSV.dev. Most recent: CVE-2025-68667.

What people say on Hacker News

Ready to self-host Tuwunel?

Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

Deploy on hetzner → $4.13/mo Read install docs on GitHub

Data last refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

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Frequently asked questions

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