# Self-hosted alternatives to Netbird

> 1 self-hostable, open-source alternative to Netbird, ranked by score.

- [awl](https://selfhost.directory/project/awl)

## Also in VPN

Not listed as Netbird alternatives, but from the same category:

- [Lantunnel](https://selfhost.directory/project/lantunnel): Lantunnel is a self-hosted, open-source mesh VPN connecting devices via direct P2P encrypted paths with relay fallback — no port forwarding needed.
- [gluetun](https://selfhost.directory/project/gluetun): VPN client in a thin Docker container for multiple VPN providers, written in Go, and using OpenVPN or Wireguard, DNS over TLS, with a few proxy servers built-in.
- [myst](https://selfhost.directory/project/myst): Open-source GPL-3.0 implementation of a blockchain-based decentralized VPN network: WireGuard transport, provider and consumer modes, plus a browser NodeUI dashboard.
- [pia-tun](https://selfhost.directory/project/pia-tun): Self-hosted Docker container for PIA WireGuard VPN with strict killswitch, port forwarding, SOCKS5/HTTP proxies, and port syncing for torrent clients.
- [docker-headscale](https://selfhost.directory/project/docker-headscale): Containerized Headscale server for self-hosted Tailscale mesh VPN. Auto-generates config and auth keys, includes management script, enables MagicDNS hostname resolution.
- [setup-ipsec-vpn](https://selfhost.directory/project/setup-ipsec-vpn): Self-hosted VPN server built by one bash installer on Ubuntu, Debian, RHEL-family or Alpine Linux, offering L2TP/IPsec, Cisco IPsec and IKEv2 plus user helper scripts.

All 85 VPN projects: https://selfhost.directory/vpn

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