netbirdio/netbird

Features

• Mesh Networking - Connects distributed devices into a secure, encrypted peer-to-peer network using the WireGuard protocol.
• Zero Trust Networking - Enforces strict identity verification and granular access policies for every user and device connecting to private resources.
• Network Connection Managers - Provides command-line tools to manage and monitor secure peer-to-peer network connections.
• NAT Traversal Mechanisms - Establishes secure connections between devices behind restrictive networks without requiring manual port forwarding or firewall adjustments.
• Overlay Networks - Provides a virtual network layer for seamless communication between distributed infrastructure across cloud and physical locations.
• Peer-to-Peer Networking - Builds secure, encrypted peer-to-peer overlay networks using the WireGuard protocol.
• Secure Remote Access - Exposes internal applications to authorized users through secure tunnels without public internet exposure.
• Encrypted Tunneling - Establishes secure point-to-point connections between network nodes using high-performance WireGuard encrypted tunnels.
• Software-Defined Perimeters - Hides network resources from the public internet and grants access based on identity and device posture.
• Control Planes - Provides a centralized control plane for orchestrating network resources, identity synchronization, and policy distribution.
• Network Overlays - Maintains a virtual network topology that routes traffic between private subnets and remote peers across physical infrastructure.
• WireGuard Management - Manages low-level WireGuard interface settings, including kernel/userspace modes and proxy configurations.
• Access Policies - Enforces granular network access by defining rules that connect user groups to specific resources using protocols and ports.
• Enterprise Identity Providers - Synchronizes users and groups from external identity services to automate network access control.
• Identity Provider Integrations - Integrates external identity providers to verify user identity and map group memberships to network permissions.
• Network Segmentation - Synchronizes user identities and group memberships to automate network access control and isolate network segments.
• Virtual Private Clouds - Bridges private networks and cloud VPCs by routing traffic through gateway peers for seamless communication.
• Network Infrastructure Management - Provides programmatic access to manage network infrastructure, including peer configuration and access control policies.
• Gateway Deployments - Installs gateway clients within private networks to forward traffic to non-client devices and enable high availability through redundant peer configurations.
• Service Exposure - Exposes internal cluster services to external networks through secure tunnels without requiring public internet exposure.
• Compliance Enforcement Tools - Enforces security posture requirements by blocking network access for non-compliant devices.
• SCIM Provisioning - Synchronizes users and groups from external identity providers via SCIM to automate network access and permissions.
• Enrollment Management - Automates the secure registration of new devices into the private network using unique enrollment keys.
• Multi-Factor Authentication - Requires users to provide a second form of verification during login to enhance account security.
• Network Access Control - Enforces granular access control and identity-based segmentation to isolate network resources across distributed environments.
• Traffic Filtering - Enforces zero-trust security by applying stateful firewall rules based on user identity and device compliance.
• Overlay Networks - VPN management platform for building secure private organizational networks.
• Software Development - Secure private network connectivity for computers and IoT devices.
• Multi-Tenant Data Management - Organizes network resources into isolated accounts to allow multi-tenant management from a single control plane.
• Infrastructure Orchestration - Exposes network configuration and lifecycle management through APIs for automated infrastructure-as-code workflows.
• Network Automation - Deploys and configures network infrastructure at scale using setup keys and automated agent management.
• High Availability Routing - Assigns metrics to multiple routing peers to provide automatic failover for network routes and ensure continuous connectivity to private resources.
• Network and Server Infrastructure - Automates the deployment, configuration, and lifecycle management of network resources across diverse environments.
• Access Control Grouping - Automates the assignment of new devices to access control groups to enforce consistent security policies.
• Private Networks - Forwards traffic between overlay networks and remote subnets to provide access to resources without installing agents on every host.
• Traffic Routing - Manages traffic flow between connected sites and subnets using configurable routing policies and masquerading.
• Security Agent Integrations - Verifies endpoint security agent status to automatically grant or deny network access based on device compliance.
• Multi-Tenant Identity Management - Scopes administrative operations to specific client accounts using unified authentication tokens for multi-tenant management.
• Identity-Based SSH Access - Maps remote SSH sessions to specific user identities via OIDC or network policies to control access to operating system accounts.
• User Identity Management - Authenticates users through embedded or external identity providers to centralize access control across a network.
• Account Management - Provisions and tracks customer organizations from a centralized dashboard for lifecycle management.
• Infrastructure-as-Code Providers - Automates network resource provisioning through dedicated providers that integrate with standard infrastructure orchestration workflows.
• Kubernetes Cluster Management - Discovers and configures secure access to Kubernetes clusters without exposing endpoints to the public internet.
• Kubernetes Network Operators - Automates network connectivity and service exposure within Kubernetes clusters by injecting network client containers.
• Ephemeral Node Management - Manages the lifecycle of ephemeral network nodes by automating registration and deregistration to maintain network topology.
• DNS Configuration - Allows configuration of custom nameservers to ensure private network resources resolve correctly across distributed environments.
• Exit Node Traffic Routing - Configures designated peers as exit nodes to centralize and secure internet-bound traffic from connected clients.
• Local Resource Exposure - Exposes local services to the public internet via secure tunnels for temporary development and testing access.
• Optimization Strategies - Configures static port mapping to ensure reliable direct peer-to-peer connections by preventing source port randomization on network gateways.
• Network Diagnostics - Provides diagnostic tools to inspect the internal state and logs of the background service for troubleshooting connectivity issues.
• Reverse Proxies - Hosts account-specific reverse proxies on private infrastructure to maintain control over traffic routing and TLS management.
• Access Provisioning - Registers new client organizations by verifying domain ownership and assigning administrative access permissions.
• Access Tokens - Generates scoped credentials for external applications to authenticate with the platform API without primary user credentials.
• Device Identity Management - Registers new devices to a private network using unique keys for automated, non-interactive onboarding.
• API Request Authentication - Validates incoming API requests using OAuth2 bearer tokens or personal access tokens for secure communication.
• Process-Based Access Policies - Verifies that specific security software or required applications are active on a device before granting network access.
• Post-Quantum Cryptography - Protects peer-to-peer connections against future decryption threats using post-quantum cryptographic protocols.
• Endpoint Integrations - Connects security monitoring platforms to network infrastructure to automatically isolate compromised devices and restrict access based on threat intelligence.
• Mobile Network Clients - Extends private network access to mobile devices via secure peer-to-peer tunnels.
• Remote Desktop Environments - Bridges RDP traffic through secure tunnels to enable remote desktop sessions directly within a web browser.
• Traffic Routing - Directs web traffic to different backend services based on URL path prefixes to share domains.
• Containerized Service Deployment - Runs network nodes as containerized services using environment variables for automated configuration.
• Automated DNS Managers - Automates the management of network-wide DNS settings and resolution rules to integrate with infrastructure deployment workflows.
• IPv6 Network Stacks - Allocates unique IPv6 addresses to peers within a private network to enable dual-stack communication alongside existing IPv4 infrastructure.
• Connection Management - Manages secure peer-to-peer network connectivity on Windows via background services.
• Custom Labels - Enables custom hostname assignment for network peers to facilitate easier discovery and service load balancing.
• DNS Resolution - Manages internal DNS forwarding and resolution probes to ensure reliable connectivity across the overlay network.
• Load Balancers - Distributes incoming requests across multiple peers sharing the same DNS label using round-robin resolution.
• Logical Network Environments - Organizes infrastructure into logical containers that map specific environments like cloud VPCs to sets of routing peers.
• Domain Name System Services - Resolves internal domain names to private IP addresses to enable seamless routing to network services.
• Relay Server Infrastructures - Deploys private relay infrastructure to route traffic between peers when direct connections are blocked by firewalls.
• Traffic Routing Proxies - Routes network traffic between peers via intermediary servers when direct point-to-point connections cannot be established.
• Authentication Status Validation - Tracks multi-factor authentication enrollment status and allows administrators to reset settings for access recovery.
• SSL/TLS Certificate Management - Automates the provisioning and management of SSL/TLS certificates for exposed services using ACME challenges.
• Device Approval Workflows - Requires manual administrative authorization for new devices before they are permitted to join the network.
• Domain-Based Access Controls - Groups new users into organizations automatically based on email domains to simplify onboarding.
• Firewall Configurations - Manages virtual interface traffic flow while delegating granular access control to the overlay network platform.
• Simulation Tools - Tests network access policies by simulating packet flow through firewall rules to verify connectivity without sending actual traffic.
• Topology Visualizers - Displays a graphical map of connections between users, machines, groups, and network resources to verify existing access control policies.
• Network Access Restrictions - Limits network connectivity to devices running specific software versions to ensure secure and compliant configurations.
• Secure Tunneling - Creates secure local or remote tunnels to route traffic between machines and remote network addresses.
• User Invitation Systems - Sends email invitations to individuals to join private networks and associate with access groups.
• Group-Based - Assigns network access configurations to specific device sets using organizational tags to enforce team-based policies.
• Service Account Permissions - Creates non-interactive accounts with scoped permissions to perform automated actions independent of user credentials.
• Network Log Streaming - Forwards network activity and security audit logs to external monitoring systems via HTTP to enable centralized alerting and analysis.
• Performance Monitoring - Tracks resource utilization and access patterns on routing peers to identify bottlenecks and ensure optimal throughput across an overlay network.
• Status Monitors - Displays real-time connection details, peer health, and service connectivity status to help identify network or daemon issues.

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