ZeroTier

ZeroTier One
Developer(s)	ZeroTier, Inc.
Stable release	1.14.0 / May 2, 2024; 3 months ago
Operating system	Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, Linux on ARM
Type	SD-WAN, P2P, VPN
License	Business Source License (Free for personal use. Enterprise pricing available); formerly GPLv3
Website	https://www.zerotier.com

ZeroTier, Inc
Company type	Private
Industry	Computer networking; Software-defined networking;
Founded	2011; 13 years ago
Founder	Adam Ierymenko
Headquarters	Irvine, California, United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Adam Ierymenko (CEO);
Products	ZeroTier One; Central; libzt (SDK); LF (pronounced "aleph");
Website	zerotier.com

ZeroTier, Inc. is a software company with a freemium business model based in Irvine, California. ZeroTier provides proprietary software, SDKs^[1] and commercial products and services to create and manage virtual software-defined networks. The company's flagship end-user product ZeroTier One^[2] is a client application that enables devices such as PCs, phones, servers and embedded devices to securely connect to peer-to-peer virtual networks.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Software tools

ZeroTier markets proprietary tools, which are licensed under a Business Source License 1.1,^[7] intended to support the development and deployment of virtual data centers:

In 2021, the product line consists of the following tools:

ZeroTier One, first released in 2014,^[8] is a portable client application that provides connectivity to public or private virtual networks.
Central, a web-based UI portal for managing virtual networks.
libzt (SDK), a linkable library that provides the functionality of ZeroTier One but that can be embedded in applications or services.
LF (pronounced "aleph"), a fully decentralized fully replicated key/value store.

Client

The ZeroTier client is used to connect to virtual networks previously created in the ZeroTier Central web-based UI. Endpoint connections are peer-to-peer and end-to-end encrypted. STUN and hole punching are used to establish direct connections between peers behind NAT. Direct connection route discovery is made with the help of a global network of root servers via a mechanism similar to ICE in WebRTC.

Controller

Virtual networks are created and managed using a ZeroTier controller. Management is done using an API, proprietary web-based UI (ZeroTier Central), open-source web-based.^[9]^[10] Using root servers other than those hosted by ZeroTier Inc. is impeded by the software's license.

Packages

ZeroTier One is available on multiple platforms and in multiple forms:

Microsoft Windows installer (.msi)
Apple Macintosh (.pkg)
iOS for iPhone/iPad/iPod
Docker^[11]
IoT Stack^[12]
Source code on GitHub^[2]
Linux binaries (DEB & RPM)
Linux snap package (works across distributions)
Linux library
Arch Linux Community package
Android App on Google Play^[13]
Qnap (.qpkg)
Synology packages (.spk)
Western Digital MyCloud NAS EX2, EX4, EX2 Ultra (.bin)
FreeBSD has a port and a package
OpenWRT has a community-maintained port on GitHub
MikroTik's RouterOS
Teltonika Network's RutOS^[14]
DynFi, a Dynamic Firewalls solution

References

^ "ZeroTier, Inc". GitHub. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
^ ^a ^b ZeroTier One
^ ""ZeroTier" that allows you to connect Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS with VPN without difficult setting". GIGAZINE.net.
^ "Peer-to-peer-based VPN alternatives". Linux-Magazine.com.
^ Goethals, Tom; Kerkhove, Dwight; Volckaert, Bruno; De Turck, Filip (October 21–25, 2019). Scalability evaluation of VPN technologies for secure container networking (PDF). 15th International Conference on Network and Service Management, CNSM 2019. Halifax, Canada.
^ "Release VERSION 1.14.0: · zerotier/ZeroTierOne". GitHub.
^ "LICENSE.txt". GitHub. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
^ "Release VERSION 0.9.2: · zerotier/ZeroTierOne". GitHub.
^ pandada8 (2021-08-18), zt-panel, retrieved 2023-02-02{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ key-networks (2023-02-02), ztncui - ZeroTier network controller user interface, retrieved 2023-02-02
^ ZeroTier Docker container page
^ IoTStack page
^ ZeroTier One Google Play Store page
^ "ZeroTier One VPN configuration RutOS - Teltonika Networks Wiki". wiki.teltonika-networks.com. Retrieved 2023-12-06.

External links

TeamViewer VPN Linux-to-Windows equivalent

Zerotier Fix Unofficial open-source ANDROID client app

[ZTRepos-1] "ZeroTier, Inc". GitHub. Retrieved 2023-02-02.

[ZTORepo-2] ZeroTier One

[3] ""ZeroTier" that allows you to connect Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS with VPN without difficult setting". GIGAZINE.net.

[4] "Peer-to-peer-based VPN alternatives". Linux-Magazine.com.

[5] Goethals, Tom; Kerkhove, Dwight; Volckaert, Bruno; De Turck, Filip (October 21–25, 2019). Scalability evaluation of VPN technologies for secure container networking (PDF). 15th International Conference on Network and Service Management, CNSM 2019. Halifax, Canada.

[6] "Release VERSION 1.14.0: · zerotier/ZeroTierOne". GitHub.

[7] "LICENSE.txt". GitHub. Retrieved 2021-01-01.

[8] "Release VERSION 0.9.2: · zerotier/ZeroTierOne". GitHub.

[9] 8 (2021-08-18), zt-panel, retrieved 2023-02-02{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[10] y-networks (2023-02-02), ztncui - ZeroTier network controller user interface, retrieved 2023-02-02

[11] ZeroTier Docker container page

[12] IoTStack page

[13] ZeroTier One Google Play Store page

[14] "ZeroTier One VPN configuration RutOS - Teltonika Networks Wiki". wiki.teltonika-networks.com. Retrieved 2023-12-06.

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