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Re:Netbird – Open Source Zero Trust Networking by smashed on Sunday February 01, 2026 @12:02PM (#46847524)
That is good news!

The problems we had is users could not reliably tell when they were connected/disconnected, how to initiate the login flow, get network status (why is that service not working, but this other one is?), tell to which router they were connected, etc etc. I know these are big asks, and I suspect a lot of these troubleshooting and status info are probably available in the commercial offering.

That being said I think OpenZiti/NetFoundry is in a different class entirely and any lurkers here should consider it for their use. It's not really the same thing as NetBird or Tailscale.

Re:Netbird – Open Source Zero Trust Networking by PLG88 on Sunday February 01, 2026 @12:09PM (#46847577)
Yeah, definitely more on the commercial side of the product.

And agreed, I like NetBird/Tailscale/Wireguard, but they are better VPNs, not identity-first, zero trust overlays as OpenZiti/NetFoundry is. That's why companies like Siemens have adopted it and many more will.