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- Category
- Network · SaaS alternative
- Cost
- Freemium
- Country
- Germany
- Licensing
- FOSS
- Platforms
- Linux · macOS · Windows · iOS · Android · CLI
- Self-hostable
- Yes
Pros and cons
+ what works
- +Both clients and server components are FOSS (BSD-3 + AGPL-3.0)
- +Self-host the management, signal, and relay services and keep nothing in vendor hands
- +Hosted plan is free for up to 5 users and 100 machines, then $5 per user per month
- +Berlin-based with German jurisdiction on the SaaS plane
− watch out for
- −Smaller community and ecosystem than Tailscale
- −Self-hosting requires a public domain plus TCP 80 / 443 and UDP 3478 reachability
- −The control plane is mandatory; pure peer-to-peer without a coordinator is not supported
- −ACL syntax and management UX still maturing compared to Tailscale's
Privacy notes
NetBird builds a peer-to-peer WireGuard mesh between your devices. The clients are BSD-3-Clause while the control-plane components (management, signal, relay) are AGPL-3.0, so the whole stack can be audited or self-hosted. The hosted NetBird Cloud routes connection setup metadata through Berlin-hosted infrastructure; your traffic itself stays peer-to-peer whenever NAT allows. Account data and team configuration sit in Germany under GDPR. Wiretrustee UG is the legal entity, headquartered in Berlin.
Tags
#foss · #wireguard · #mesh-vpn · #berlin · #gdpr
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