Firezone by firezone

Enterprise-ready zero-trust access platform built on WireGuard®.

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Verdict 77/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 3/5 setup difficulty 453k docker pulls Last release 10 days ago

Self-host Firezone on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
77 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
3 /5
External DB / setup
GitHub stars
8.6k
414 forks

About Firezone

From the project's README at github.com/firezone/firezone. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

Note: The legacy branch of Firezone tracks the 0.7 release, which is currently EOL status. Please see the README in main for the current version.

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Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
100
maturity
85
community
92
security
85
sustainability
65
adoption
34

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 8.6k github.com/firezone/firezone
GitHub forks 414 github.com/firezone/firezone
Docker Hub pulls 453k hub.docker.com / firezone

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age6.0 yearssince Apr 2020
Last commit2 days agoMay 5, 2026
Releases shipped339last: 10 days ago
Security policySECURITY.mddeclared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

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Ready to self-host Firezone?

Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.

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