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netbirdvsxpipe-webtop

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

netbirdxpipe-webtop
Score81/10070/100
Rank in category#2 of 56 in VPN#5 of 23 in Remote Access
GitHub stars30 29614 629
Stars, last 30 days+828+73
Stable releases, 12 months4035
Latest releasev0.81.5 · 26 Oct 202624.9 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherApache-2.0
Main languageGoJava

Which one should you pick?

netbird scores 81/100 against 70/100 for xpipe-webtop, so it is the safer default.

netbird ships more often: 40 stable releases in the past year, against 35 for xpipe-webtop.

If you want the quickest setup, xpipe-webtop is easier to run; netbird needs more configuration.

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

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