NetBird
NetBird is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Proxy & VPN category, licensed BSD-3-Clause / AGPL-3.0 and written mainly in Go. It is a self-hosted alternative to Tailscale and ships a Docker image. It has 30,226 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
- Proxy & VPN
- Go
- BSD-3-Clause / AGPL-3.0
- Docker
- Active
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 30,226
- Forks
- 1,782
- Open issues
- 493
- Commits, last 12 months
- 1,150
- Last commit
- Oct 26, 2026
- Latest release
- v0.81.4Oct 24, 2026
- Created
- Apr 14, 2021
- License
- BSD-3-Clause / AGPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 1,150 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases5 releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 26, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 1,150 |
| Latest release | v0.81.4 (Oct 24, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 5 |
| Releases, all time | 383 |
| Open issues | 493 |
| Open pull requests | 312 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Apr 14, 2021 |
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About NetBird
Zero-config WireGuard-based mesh VPN and secure network access platform.
Description written by appsgit. Source code: github.com/netbirdio/netbird.
Topics
- wireguard
- wireguard-vpn
- vpn
- nat-traversal
- mesh-networks
- mesh
- golang
- wiretrustee
- zero-trust-network-access
- netbird
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Is NetBird free and open source?
Yes. NetBird is open-source software released under the BSD-3-Clause / AGPL-3.0 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 NetBird with Docker?
Yes. NetBird 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 NetBird?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to NetBird include frp, Headscale and wg-easy. NetBird itself is a self-hosted alternative to Tailscale.
Is NetBird actively maintained?
The most recent commit to NetBird was on Oct 26, 2026 with 1,150 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v0.81.4, published Oct 24, 2026. It had 493 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.