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VENDORS & PROJECTS

The vendors we build with.

We believe in reality. Every tool we use is credited by name and linked to its makers — no white-labeling, no hiding the projects we depend on. This page groups them by the place they are used. We are genuinely grateful for their work.

Website — the tools that build this site

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Cloudflare — CDN and WAF serving the site
Cloudflare Pages — Static hosting and global edge
Formspree — Contact form backend
Next.js — Web framework
React — UI library
Tailwind CSS — Styling
TypeScript — Language
Node.js — Build runtime
Inter — Typeface
Matomo — Analytics — self-hosted (VALS)
draw.io — Diagram tooling

VNAS — NAS Solution

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TrueNAS — Open-source NAS platform
Unraid — NAS operating system
QNAP — NAS hardware and software
Synology — NAS hardware and software
OpenZFS — Enterprise copy-on-write filesystem

VBKS — Backup Solution

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Proxmox Backup Server — Deduplicated backup
Proxmox VE — Virtualization platform
Veeam — Backup and recovery
Borg — Deduplicating backup
Restic — Fast, secure backup
Bacula — Network backup

VCRS — Container Registry

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Harbor — Container image registry
Docker Hub — Container image registry
GHCR — GitHub container registry
Quay — Container image registry

VDLS — Database Linux Solutions

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PostgreSQL — Relational database
MariaDB — Relational database
MySQL — Relational database
Percona Server — MySQL-compatible database
MongoDB — Document database
CouchDB — Document database
Neo4j — Graph database
ArangoDB — Multi-model database
TimescaleDB — Time-series PostgreSQL
InfluxDB — Time-series database
VictoriaMetrics — Time-series database
Redis — In-memory data store
Valkey — Redis-compatible store
KeyDB — In-memory database
Memcached — Distributed memory cache
etcd — Distributed key-value store
Elasticsearch — Search and analytics engine
OpenSearch — Search and analytics suite
Meilisearch — Fast search engine
CockroachDB — Distributed SQL database
TiDB — Distributed SQL database
Citus — Distributed PostgreSQL
YugabyteDB — Distributed SQL database

VDNS — DNS Solution

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Technitium DNS Server — Authoritative and recursive DNS

VIDS — Identity System

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Zitadel — Identity and access platform
Microsoft Entra ID — Microsoft identity
AWS IAM — AWS identity and access
Google Cloud Identity — Google identity management

VINS — Invoice Solution

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Invoice Ninja — Self-hosted invoicing
Stripe — Online payments
PayPal — Online payments

VKBS — Kubernetes Service

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Kubernetes — Container orchestration
Talos Linux — Minimal Kubernetes OS
Rancher — Kubernetes management
K3s — Lightweight Kubernetes
kubeadm — Kubernetes bootstrapping
Cilium — Networking and observability
containerd — Container runtime
Hubble — Network observability
Calico — Kubernetes networking
Flannel — Kubernetes networking
Weave — Kubernetes networking
CRI-O — Container runtime
gVisor — Sandboxed container runtime

VLBS — Load Balancing

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HAProxy — Load balancer
NGINX — Web server and proxy
Apache — HTTP server

VMLS — Mail Service

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Proxmox Mail Gateway — Email security gateway
Google Workspace — Productivity suite
Microsoft 365 — Productivity suite
Proton — Privacy-first productivity

VMNS — Monitoring Solutions

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Grafana — Observability dashboards
Prometheus — Metrics and monitoring
Alertmanager — Alerting
Uptime Kuma — Uptime monitoring
Checkmk — Infrastructure monitoring
Domain Locker — Domain asset management

VMQS — Messaging Queue

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Apache Kafka — Event streaming
MQTT — Lightweight messaging
RabbitMQ — Message broker
Redis Pub/Sub — In-memory pub/sub

VNTP — NTP Service

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Chrony — NTP implementation

VPMS — PAM Service

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JumpServer — Privileged access management

VPRS — Proxy Registry

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APT — Debian package manager
apt-proxy — APT caching proxy
Debian — Linux distribution
Ubuntu — Linux distribution
WSUS — Windows update management

VPWS — Password Manager

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Vaultwarden — Self-hosted password manager
Passbolt — Team password manager
Bitwarden — Password manager
Rust — Systems programming language
GPG — Encryption and signing

VRTS — Routing Solution

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OPNsense — Open-source firewall
RouterOS — MikroTik routing OS
pfSense — Firewall and router
FreeBSD — Unix-like operating system
Netgate — pfSense appliance vendor
Suricata — Intrusion detection and prevention

VTKS — Ticketing Service

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Zammad — Helpdesk and ticketing
X (Twitter) — Social channel
Meta (Facebook) — Social channel

VVTS — Vault Service

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OpenBao — Open-source secrets management
HashiCorp Vault — Secrets management

VWDS — Windows Services

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Windows Server — Microsoft server OS
Microsoft SQL Server — Relational database
IIS — Windows web server
Active Directory — Directory services
Remote Desktop Services — Remote desktop delivery
.NET — Application framework

VWFS — Workflow Service

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n8n — Workflow automation

VALS — Analytics Service

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Matomo — Privacy-first web analytics
Google Analytics — Web analytics
Google Tag Manager — Tag management
Google Fonts — Web fonts
Meta Pixel — Conversion tracking

SIEM — Wazuh

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Wazuh — SIEM and XDR platform
Splunk — Observability and SIEM

Antivirus API

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GitHub — Code hosting and CI/CD
GitLab — DevOps platform
Jenkins — Automation server

Physical Datacenter

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Hyper-V — Microsoft hypervisor
Proxmox VE — Open-source virtualization
VMware vSphere — Enterprise virtualization
Ceph — Distributed storage
Active Directory Domain Services — Directory services
Linux — The Linux kernel

Our Datacenters

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Hetzner — Dedicated servers and cloud
OVHcloud — Dedicated servers and cloud
Supermicro — Server hardware

VPN Solutions

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WireGuard — Modern VPN protocol
Netbird — Zero-trust mesh VPN
Tailscale — Zero-trust VPN

Independence

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Ansible — Configuration management

US Technology Position

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Broadcom — VMware parent company

Loyalty

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Slack — Team communication

Certifications & Domains

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CompTIA — IT certification body
ISC² — Cybersecurity certification body

Our Work

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Cilium — Networking and observability
Harbor — Container image registry
Zitadel — Identity and access platform
Kubernetes — Container orchestration

Trademarks & Removal

All product names, trademarks, and logos belong to their respective owners and are referenced here for identification only. We credit vendors in good faith. If you are a vendor and would like a link corrected or removed, email support@vavel.io and we will update it.

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