NetBird
Connect devices into a secure WireGuard-based overlay network
NetBird is an open-source platform that creates secure private networks over WireGuard with peer-to-peer connectivity and centralized access control. The full stack can be self-hosted.
Key features
- WireGuard mesh overlay
- Self-hostable management
- SSO and access policies
- NAT traversal
Strengths
- Released under the BSD-3-Clause license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Kubernetes-ready with Helm charts available
- Mature project with 28.1k GitHub stars
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