Netbird The GOAT

2026-03-27 00:32 UTC

I know nobody at Netbird will see this but I just finished setting up netbird via podman quadlets with traefik and its absolutely amazing!! I was using headscale before. I’m getting near at home speeds and I’m using the stun server as I can’t get a direct connection because of firewalls. The dashboard and documentation is mint and I can’t thank the people at netbird enough for the recent huge update that makes setting it up so much easier. Next to my Home Assistant this is my second favourite and important piece in my homelab. This is why I love open source! Thank you!!

Replies (8)

@coreray00@discuss.online 2026-03-27 02:52

Simple and Secure Remote Access NetBird combines a WireGuard®-based overlay network with Zero Trust Network Access, providing a unified open source platform for reliable and secure connectivity [https://netbird.io/](https://netbird.io/)

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@themachine@lemmy.world 2026-03-27 00:33

What made you switch to it over tailscale+headscale? Currently that's been doing everything I need without issue.

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@pfr@piefed.social 2026-03-27 01:32

Hey, first I'm hearing about Netbird. Sounds amazing. How complicated was it to migrate from taliscale to netbird? I might need to do the same

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@Alvaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-03-27 07:36

Currently ditching netbird because the Android implementation kills the battery and it makes it unusable. I wish they would fix it, it's been an issue for quite some time

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@pathos@lemmy.ml 2026-03-27 19:50

Oh, I've been using Headscale so this combination interests me. I just took a brief look at their READMEs, but don't understand how they work together, and maybe the combination isn't popular enough for a guide for the integration. Can you explain a bit on how they work together?

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@gjoel@programming.dev 2026-03-27 08:22

I tried moving from tailscale to netbird, and while I did get access to my home assistant instance, I got unauthorized errors when trying to load mini graph cards on my dashboard. Instead of tinkering I went back to tailscale - at least for now.

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@Tinkerer@lemmy.ca 2026-03-27 12:56

Oh yeah I know. I'm mostly only able to use deep servers and that's why I switched because j wanted to be able to use my own deep server and not have to rely on tailscales.

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