NetBird
A WireGuard-based mesh network with single sign-on, multi-factor authentication and access policies, self-hostable or managed.
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About NetBird
NetBird connects your machines over an encrypted WireGuard tunnel with no ports to open, no firewall rules to write and no VPN gateway to run. Peers find each other and configure themselves automatically, connecting directly where possible.
What separates it from a plain mesh VPN is the access control layer: groups and rules decide which peers can reach which, with SSO and multi-factor authentication through your existing identity provider, an admin web interface, setup keys for bulk provisioning and a public API for automation.
The whole platform is AGPL-licensed and self-hostable, and NetBird also sells a managed cloud version if you would rather not run the control plane yourself.
Strengths
- Peer-to-peer WireGuard connections with no ports to open or firewall rules to write
- Access control by groups and rules, with SSO and multi-factor authentication
- Admin web interface, setup keys for bulk provisioning and a public API
- Fully self-hostable under the AGPL, or managed if you prefer
Limitations
- Needs a control plane, whether you host it or use theirs
- Self-hosting the full stack including identity integration is real work
- AGPL licensing is a problem for some organisations
- Accounts and an identity provider are part of the model, unlike a plain WireGuard setup
Details
- Pricing
- Freemium · The platform is open source under the AGPL and fully self-hostable at no cost. NetBird also sells a managed cloud service with a free tier and paid plans.
- License
- AGPL-3.0
- Developer
- NetBird
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted
- How it runs
- Downloadable app, Self-hosted
- Account
- Required
- Works offline
- No
- Best suited for
- A private network between machines and people with real access control on top
- Categories
- VPN and private networking
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Selected from the TechWalrus downloads catalog (VPN); facts checked against the developer's own pages, 3 sources on file.