Teleport (software)

Teleport is an open-source tool that provides identity and access management (IAM), access control and zero trust access to servers, databases, cloud applications, Kubernetes clusters, Git repositories, Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, and web applications. It also provides access control and security for artificial intelligence models and computing environments, including large language models and agentic AI. It can eliminate the need for VPNs by providing a single gateway to access computing infrastructure via SSH, Remote Desktop Protocol, HTTPS, Kubernetes, and cloud consoles via a built-in proxy. Teleport began as an open-source library used by the Gravity project to enable secure software deployments into restricted and regulated environments. Gravitational was a member of the 2015 Y Combinator cohort, and Teleport was originally released in June 2016. Teleport was open sourced as a standalone tool by Gravitational Inc. in 2016. It is currently deployed in production by Samsung, NASDAQ, IBM, Ticketmaster, Epic Games and others. It has been publicly audited by technology security companies like Cure 53 and Doyensec. Teleport 3.0 was released in October 2018 and introduced Kubernetes integration. Version 4.0 was released in 2019 and included support for IoT infrastructure and products.