Netbird

App in the BluixApps catalog

What it is

NetBird is a WireGuard-based mesh VPN with identity — connect devices, servers, and sites securely without managing peer configs manually. Tailscale's open-source alternative, with full self-hosted control over the management plane and identity provider integration.

For teams that need zero-trust network access without committing to a SaaS coordinator.

What it's for

  • Site-to-site mesh — connect offices, datacenters, cloud regions
  • Remote workforce — secure access for distributed teams
  • DevOps — engineers connecting to private servers behind NAT
  • Multi-cloud peering — AWS ↔ GCP ↔ Hetzner ↔ home lab
  • Compliance — self-hosted control plane for regulated industries

Who it's for

  • DevOps teams managing distributed infrastructure
  • MSPs / managed service providers offering VPN to clients
  • Regulated industries needing on-prem control plane (finance, health)
  • Open-source advocates rejecting Tailscale's SaaS-only model
  • Hosting providers bundling secure-access offerings

Why teams pick NetBird over alternatives

  • BSD-3 licensed — fully open, no commercial gating
  • Self-hosted control plane — your management server, your IdP
  • WireGuard — modern crypto, kernel-level perf
  • Identity-based — peers identified by user/device, not IP
  • ACL policies — group-based, fine-grained, declarative
  • Active dev — backed by NetBird Inc. (Berlin)

Integrations

  • IdP — Zitadel (bundled), Authelia, Authentik, Keycloak, Okta, Azure AD, Google Workspace
  • WireGuard — kernel module on Linux; userspace fallback
  • Mobile — iOS + Android clients (Apple/Google stores)
  • DNS — automatic peer-to-peer hostnames + custom domains
  • Routing — declarative routes per peer group
  • API — REST API + Terraform provider

Notable users & community

  • 13k+ GitHub stars
  • Backed by NetBird Inc. with paid managed offering
  • Used by mid-size DevOps teams + privacy advocates
  • Active Slack + Discord communities
  • Berlin/EU-based vendor (GDPR-aligned)

Tips & operations

  • IdP setup is the bulk of work — minimal install runs single-account mode for eval
  • HTTPS + DNS required for production — reverse proxy + LE cert
  • Peer onboardingcurl install.sh | sh then netbird up --management-url ...
  • ACL discipline — group peers + grant least-privilege; review quarterly
  • Backup — postgres or config files (depending on backend)
  • NAT traversal — relay servers (TURN-like) for peers behind strict NAT

What we ship in BluixApps

  • Docker: Management + Signal services (minimal setup)
  • Pinned netbirdio/management:latest + netbirdio/signal:latest
  • Port 33073 (HTTP), reverse-proxy + cert needed for production
  • Single-account mode bootstrap for evaluation
  • Install report with peer onboarding guide
  • Documentation pointer to full production setup (Zitadel/Authentik)
  • Backup hook covers /etc/netbird config
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