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netbirdvsUUSEC WAF

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

netbirdUUSEC WAF
Score81/10059/100
Rank in category#2 of 56 in VPN#2 of 3 in Web Application Firewall
GitHub stars30 2961 718
Stars, last 30 days+828+6
Stable releases, 12 months409
Latest releasev0.81.5 · 26 Oct 2026v7.2.6 · 12 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseOtherBSD-2-Clause
Main languageGoShell

Which one should you pick?

netbird scores 81/100 against 59/100 for UUSEC WAF, so it is the safer default.

netbird ships more often: 40 stable releases in the past year, against 9 for UUSEC WAF.

netbird is growing faster right now (+828 stars in 30 days).

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