Mastodawn

@bryan
After some real basic remote access use cases I tried tailscale for a while and after checking out netbird coz it felt more batteries included and more customisations through UI and of course it's fully self hostable and open source.
But I still follow the release notes of tailscale on their new releases.

#netbird #tailscale #WireGuard #vpn #SelfHosting #networking

ImaLamer 2d ago

Tailscale is great, but sometimes a real mesh is better. 🕸️

Stop letting Cloudflare own your ingress. I’m breaking down why a self-hosted WireGuard mesh (via NetBird) beats a standard reverse proxy for internal service stability and zero-trust security.

Read the full architectural breakdown:
https://kindalame.com/2026/03/30/self-hosted-wireguard-mesh-vs-cloudflare-tunnel-when-netbirds-reverse-proxy-actually-pays-off/

#SelfHosted #WireGuard #NetBird #Cloudflare #HomeLab #DevOps #SysAdmin #Privacy #Networking #KindaLame

Self‑Hosted WireGuard Mesh vs. Cloudflare Tunnel: When NetBird’s Reverse Proxy Actually Pays Off - Kindalame.com

Compare NetBird’s self‑hosted WireGuard mesh with Cloudflare Tunnel to see the reverse proxy saves time, cost, and complexity for home users

Kindalame.com

ij 5d ago

Komisches #Netbird / #Pfsense Problem:

Aus dem Netz zuhause zum Proxmox Cluster hinter der Pfsense mit Netbird per SSH auf 3 Container mit den IPs am Ende .121, .122 und .123.

Die .121 und .123 sind per SSH erreichbar. Die .122 wird hingegen auf der Pfsense im Datacenter auf dem wt0 Interface von der Default Policy geblockt.

Bei Netbird ist alles der Einfachheit halber auf /24 freigegeben.

Keine Ahnung, wie Netbird/Pfsense auf den Trichter kommt, den Zielhost blocken zu wollen...?

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Fishd 5d ago

@Natanox It's a bit of work, but I'd suggest something like #NetBird or #tailscale to keep your private things private.

The only real downside I see so far is that on mobile devices (iOS in my case) it increases battery consumption to a noticeable degree.

Timothy R. Butler 5d ago

@marcoarment @siracusa @caseyliss I'd chime in with the others who recommended #Ansible for Marco's fascinating project (which has inspired one I've started on now!). I love it since it can help do automated updates and deployment on both Mac and Linux systems _with the same deployment script_, including triggering apt or rpm on Linux and brew on MacOS (and even WinGet on Windows!). I use it over #Netbird, which runs well in a Docker container and drops #Tailscale's cost and centralized control. And one more possibly useful tidbit: not terribly relevant to Marco's project, but to his early prototype-form, I've been really happy with #ColoCrossing and they offer single RU colocation, not just whole cabinets.

𝐩fᵣ 6d ago

I've been putting off some necessary maintenance and overall system streamlining on my home server for a while. Everything works, and services are secure and up to date, but I've got a bit of a messy setup that mixes #podman with #docker containers, #tailscale with #tsdproxy. I set this all up before I had my own domain, hence tsdproxy.

Now I have my own domain, I want to refactor my server using #netbird with #caddy and #pocketid.

It's a little daunting, but I'm going to take the plunge

aegg Mar 22

Loving that I can use Netbird for reverse proxy to my self hosted apps #netbird #homelab

Elijah Ryu Mar 21

They say the best way to learn is by doing. I've always agreed! For example, I've spent the day attempting to set up a self-hosted instance of NetBird. In the process, I've learned the limits of my patience and that I'm a stubborn, cheap SOB.

#selfhosting #netbird

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Tim Schupp Mar 20

@tioan @jabster28
Haven't really tested #netbird yet but this sounds like at least IPv6 traffic should work: https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/issues/577

Even if IPv6 subnets aren't supported yet:
https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/issues/46

Tho somebody in that thread did say "unable to route IPv6 route through IPv4 addressable Peer" wich sounds bad if true.

Please correct me if thats wrong; if you know what actually works.
Am also curious cause thus far #netbird did seem like the best open source option available.

Support sending wireguard traffic over IPv6 · Issue #577 · netbirdio/netbird

Currently only IPv4 addresses are used in the peer discovery process and as wireguard endpoints. IPv6 support would enable clients that can't establish connection via NAT traversal but have IPv6 ad...

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Tim Schupp Mar 18

@jabster28 also actuall chrckout #netbird too that is 100% open source and has all cool features also #wireguard base; but also central control.