ZeroTier explained

ZeroTier, Inc
Founder:	Adam Ierymenko
Type:	Private
Location City:	Irvine, California
Location Country:	United States
Area Served:	Worldwide
Key People:	Adam Ierymenko (CEO)

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]

ZeroTier One
Developer:	ZeroTier, Inc.
Latest Release Version:	1.14.0^[6]
Operating System:	Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, Linux on ARM
Genre:	SD-WAN, P2P, VPN
License:	Business Source License (Free for personal use. Enterprise pricing available); formerly GPLv3
Website:	https://www.zerotier.com

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.

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^[9]
IoT Stack^[10]
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^[11]
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^[12]
DynFi, a Dynamic Firewalls solution

External links

TeamViewer VPN Linux-to-Windows equivalent
Zerotier Fix Unofficial open-source ANDROID client app

Notes and References

Web site: ZeroTier, Inc. . 2023-02-02 . GitHub . en.
https://github.com/zerotier/ZeroTierOne ZeroTier One
Web site: "ZeroTier" that allows you to connect Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS with VPN without difficult setting. GIGAZINE.net.
Web site: Peer-to-peer-based VPN alternatives. Linux-Magazine.com.
Scalability evaluation of VPN technologies for secure container networking. Goethals. Tom. Kerkhove. Dwight. Volckaert. Bruno. De Turck. Filip. October 21–25, 2019. Halifax, Canada. 15th International Conference on Network and Service Management, CNSM 2019 .
Web site: Release VERSION 1.14.0: · zerotier/ZeroTierOne. .
Web site: LICENSE.txt . . 2021-01-01.
Web site: Release VERSION 0.9.2: · zerotier/ZeroTierOne. .
https://hub.docker.com/u/zerotier ZeroTier Docker container page
https://sensorsiot.github.io/IOTstack/Containers/ZeroTier/ IoTStack page
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zerotier.one ZeroTier One Google Play Store page
Web site: ZeroTier One VPN configuration RutOS - Teltonika Networks Wiki . 2023-12-06 . wiki.teltonika-networks.com.