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Pick up to four tools and compare adoption, momentum and maintenance at a glance. The crown marks the leader in each row.

Open-source WireGuard mesh VPN with SSO, access policies and a self-hostable management plane.

WireGuard-based mesh VPN with SSO, ACLs and MagicDNS that connects devices and servers with no setup.

Open-source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale coordination server.

Identity-based access to SSH, Kubernetes, databases and apps with short-lived certificates and session recording.

Head to head

Metric	NetBird	Tailscale	Headscale	Teleport
Stars	30.8k	38.7k	45.4k	21.1k
Weekly downloads	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Download growth	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Popularity score	82/100	84/100	85/100	79/100
Forks	1.8k	3.4k	2.6k	2.2k
Open issues	799	4.8k	91	3.2k
Last commit	4d ago	6d ago	5d ago	6d ago
License	n/a	BSD-3-Clause	BSD-3-Clause	AGPL-3.0
First released	2021	2020	2020	2015
Signals	Rising	Popular	None	None
Listed in	Security & Identity › Zero-trust access & VPN	Security & Identity › Zero-trust access & VPN	Security & Identity › Zero-trust access & VPN	Security & Identity › Zero-trust access & VPN

No download history for the selected tools.

Open-source WireGuard mesh VPN with SSO, access policies and a self-hostable management plane.

WireGuard-based mesh VPN with SSO, ACLs and MagicDNS that connects devices and servers with no setup.

Open-source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale coordination server.

Identity-based access to SSH, Kubernetes, databases and apps with short-lived certificates and session recording.

Metric	NetBird	Tailscale	Headscale	Teleport
Stars	30.8k	38.7k	45.4k	21.1k
Weekly downloads	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Download growth	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Popularity score	82/100	84/100	85/100	79/100
Forks	1.8k	3.4k	2.6k	2.2k
Open issues	799	4.8k	91	3.2k
Last commit	4d ago	6d ago	5d ago	6d ago
License	n/a	BSD-3-Clause	BSD-3-Clause	AGPL-3.0
First released	2021	2020	2020	2015
Signals	Rising	Popular	None	None
Listed in	Security & Identity › Zero-trust access & VPN	Security & Identity › Zero-trust access & VPN	Security & Identity › Zero-trust access & VPN	Security & Identity › Zero-trust access & VPN

No download history for the selected tools.