Netmaker Review 2026 — WireGuard Mesh VPN That Just Works
Netmaker hits 11,665 GitHub stars as of July 2026 — but those stars aren’t from a launch-day hype spike. The project shipped v1.6.0, runs 7,705 commits, and is backed by Y-Combinator. The fastest setup we tested got a 3-node WireGuard mesh running in 22 minutes on three $6/month VPS instances. And we say “got” deliberately — because with raw WireGuard, that same setup took our team 2 hours and 14 minutes of manual config editing. Netmaker’s elevator pitch is that it removes manual WireGuard configuration entirely. After testing it across three cloud providers and a home lab, here’s what held up and what didn’t. When you purchase through our links, we may earn a commission. Thanks for supporting our independent testing! ...