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NetBird vs tinc: catalog facts
NetBird	tinc
Freemium The platform is open source under the AGPL and fully self-hostable at no cost. NetBird…	Free Free software under GPL version 2 or later.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted	Linux, Command line
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	Automatic full mesh routing with direct peer traffic Appears as a normal network device to existing software
Needs a control plane, whether you host it or use theirs Self-hosting the full stack including identity integration is real work	The 1.1 branch has been in prerelease for a long time Configured by hand with config files
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Account needed	No account needed
Needs internet	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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