NetBird

Name: NetBird
Author: SelfHostedCompare

Open-source Zero Trust networking powered by peer-to-peer WireGuard

Pending verificationdrafted Oct 26, 2026VPN & Mesh NetworkingBSD-3-ClauseGo

Official site ↗Source code ↗

GitHub stars: 30,214; verified 2026-10-26
Docker pulls: 6,726,489
Forks: 1,780; verified 2026-10-26
Open issues: 800; verified 2026-10-26
Latest version: v0.81.4; verified 2026-10-26

Client platform matrix

NetBird official and third-party clients across 8 platforms · 1 with an official client

Probed daily · last check 2026-10-26 01:16:49

Platform	Support	Client	Channels	Verified
iOS	Official	NetBird P2P VPN	APP STORE	Data verified
Android	Not documented	Not documented	Not documented	Not documented
Android TV	Not documented	Not documented	Not documented	Not documented
Web	Not documented	Not documented	Not documented	Not documented
Windows	Not documented	Not documented	Not documented	Not documented
macOS	Not documented	Not documented	Not documented	Not documented
Linux	Not documented	Not documented	Not documented	Not documented
tvOS	Not documented	Not documented	Not documented	Not documented

About NetBird

NetBird is an open-source Zero Trust networking platform (Go) that connects people, machines and AI agents over a peer-to-peer WireGuard overlay network without central VPN gateways or open ports, with SSO/MFA, dynamic posture checks, granular access policies and activity logging (netbird.io). It can be self-hosted or used as NetBird Cloud; official clients cover iOS (App Store, v0.4.1) and other platforms, with a netbirdio/netbird Docker image, AUR and WinGet packages. License: GitHub API reports NOASSERTION; the repository LICENSE is BSD-3-Clause with AGPL-3.0 directories (management/, signal/, relay/, combined/) — recorded as BSD-3-Clause pending human confirmation (R1).

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Key facts

License: Data verified
Primary language: Data verified
Category: VPN & Mesh Networking
Official clients: 1 of 8 platforms
Third-party clients: 0
Deployment methods: 4
Repository: https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird
Homepage: https://netbird.io
Documentation: https://docs.netbird.io/

Deployment

verified Oct 26, 2026

# NetBird — official deployment identifiers (database)
Docker             netbirdio/netbird                      official
Package (deb/rpm)  Netbird.Netbird                        official
Package (deb/rpm)  netbird                                community
Build from source  —                                      official

netbirdio/netbird · https://hub.docker.com/r/netbirdio/netbird
Netbird.Netbird · https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/tree/master/manifests/n/Netbird/Netbird
netbird · https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/netbird
Build from source · https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird

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