Pangolin is my next homelab project. I can’t wait to give it a go. If anyone has any advise or guides it’d be appreciated

I don’t know of alternatives

Pangolin, while u.s. based does not appear to serve the state of its interests

I am not aware of a direct peer, but tailscale, a bastion hosting a direct VPN or remote reverse proxy to your homelab are all similar. Pangolin seemingly combines the best and more of these scenarios