Firezone
Firezone is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Remote Access category, licensed Apache-2.0 and written mainly in Elixir. It is a self-hosted alternative to Tailscale and ships a Docker image. It has 9,127 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
- Remote Access
- Elixir
- Apache-2.0
- Docker
- Active
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 9,127
- Forks
- 465
- Open issues
- 295
- Commits, last 12 months
- 3,877
- Last commit
- Oct 26, 2026
- Latest release
- apple-client-1.5.23Oct 21, 2026
- Created
- Apr 22, 2020
- License
- Apache-2.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 3,877 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 26, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 3,877 |
| Latest release | apple-client-1.5.23 (Oct 21, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 371 |
| Open issues | 295 |
| Open pull requests | 79 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Apr 22, 2020 |
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About Firezone
Secure remote access gateway that supports the WireGuard protocol. It offers a Web GUI, 1-line install script, multi-factor auth (MFA), and SSO.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/firezone/firezone.
Topics
- cloud
- vpn
- security
- wireguard
- wireguard-vpn
- vpn-server
- network-security
- virtual-network
- network
- networking
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Is Firezone free and open source?
Yes. Firezone is open-source software released under the Apache-2.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Firezone with Docker?
Yes. Firezone provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Firezone?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Firezone include Puter, Pangolin and Termix. Firezone itself is a self-hosted alternative to Tailscale.
Is Firezone actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Firezone was on Oct 26, 2026 with 3,877 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is apple-client-1.5.23, published Oct 21, 2026. It had 295 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.