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Firezone

Gateway 1.6.4 (2026-10-29) commercial

Firezone is an open source platform to securely manage remote access for any-sized organization.

Summary

Firezone is a commercial secure-access platform that manages remote access to internal applications, subnets, and resources using group-based, least-privileged policies instead of flat network-level VPNVPNA virtual private network, an encrypted tunnel between devices or networks. It carries traffic across another network as though the endpoints had a private connection. access. It runs as a self-hosted deployment with a control plane, Gateways installed on the network being protected, and client apps on end-user devices, with authentication handled through an OIDCOIDCOpenID Connect, a sign-in protocol built on OAuth 2.0. An application uses identity information from a trusted provider instead of maintaining a separate password for each user. provider for user and group syncing. It targets IT and infrastructure teams responsible for securing access across organizations of any size, rather than individual developers. Its documentation contrasts it directly with traditional VPNsVPNsA virtual private network, an encrypted tunnel between devices or networks. It carries traffic across another network as though the endpoints had a private connection., positioning granular policy control as the alternative to broad network access. Firezone has been under active development since 2021, with 20 releases tracked and the most recent one 57 days ago, showing steady, ongoing maintenance.

Firezone is an open source platform to securely manage remote access for any-sized organization.

How Firezone helps

Which internal applications and subnets can a given user or group actually reach?

evaluates the group-based policies attached to that identity and lists only the resources those policies grant, rather than the flat network access a VPN would hand out

Who is authorized to access a specific resource right now?

resolves the policies pointing at that resource back to the groups and users they're assigned to, giving a current list instead of a firewall rule to interpret

Which Gateway tokens are still valid and where are they used?

shows each token bound to its single owning Gateway, so a token still active for a decommissioned Gateway can be found and revoked

Is a Gateway's credential still the old shared-token style or has it been upgraded?

flags Gateways still authenticating with a legacy multi-owner token so they can be migrated to single-owner tokens

Did a policy, group, or resource change get made through the dashboard or the API without the others knowing?

every actor, group, policy, and resource change is available through its own set of endpoints, so an external system can pull current state and diff it against what's expected

Can an unattended Mac be kept connected and managed without a person at the keyboard?

a command-line interface to the macOS client lets scripts or remote management tools start, stop, and check tunnel status on machines nobody logs into interactively

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14 capabilities

Built from Firezone's releases, docs, README and our own runs. “Seen” marks the month we first spotted a release the vendor didn't date. Group names and tags are our labels.

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What Firezone offers you

All capabilities 14 capabilities
REST API for account management shipped Provides programmatic control over core account objects — including actors, clients, groups, sites, resources, policies, and auth providers — through a set of REST endpoints. 14 releases · first seen Aug 2026

Shared capability: REST API

Also counts toward: REST API

release 14 total

Posture provider management via REST API shipped Allows posture providers — including Intune, Defender, SentinelOne, Sophos, Santa, and IRU — to be updated and deleted programmatically through dedicated REST endpoints, and exposes available posture fields for query. 10 releases · first seen Oct 2026

Also counts toward: REST API

release 10 total

Device trust via certificate identity documented Requires clients to present a device identity certificate issued by an organisation-controlled CA before accessing protected resources, supporting integration with PKI providers such as Microsoft Cloud PKI, SCEPman, SecureW2, and DigiCert Trust Lifecycle Manager. 9 other sources · first seen Oct 2026

docs 9 total

  • all plan levels Signing in proves who someone is. Device trust proves which device they are using. It adds a second, cryptographic check to Firezone access: before a Client can reach a protected Resource, it must prove that it holds a device identity your organization issued. docs update · Oct 2026 · source
  • Certificate and device identity reference Technical description of the certificates Firezone accepts as device identities, how it selects and validates them, and how each platform supplies the private key. For the concepts behind these values, see Device Trust . seen Oct 2026 · source
  • Use any other PKI Firezone does not integrate with a particular PKI product. It validates whatever your certificate authority issues, so a provider without a guide here works exactly as well as one with a guide, provided it can meet the CA requirements and issue certificates meeting the certificate requirements The… seen Oct 2026 · source
  • Set up SCEPman SCEPman is a SCEP certificate service that runs as an Azure App Service in your own tenant, with its CA keys held in Azure Key Vault. It can issue the device identity certificates Firezone validates. seen Oct 2026 · source
  • Set up Microsoft Cloud PKI Microsoft Cloud PKI is a cloud certificate authority included with the Intune Suite. It issues certificates to Intune-enrolled devices over SCEP without a server of your own, which makes it a reasonable default if you manage devices with Intune and have no existing PKI. seen Oct 2026 · source
  • Minimum Firezone Client versions 1. Choose or create a certificate authority Every device identity is issued by a CA that you control and that Firezone trusts. Start here, because the next step needs that CA's public certificates. seen Oct 2026 · source
Linux Gateway network stack tuning shipped Optimises Gateway UDP socket buffer sizes and enables GRO/GSO on the TUN device on Linux 6.2+, roughly doubling single-stream TCP throughput through the tunnel. 6 releases · first seen Aug 2026

release

  • Improves packet-processing performance by speeding up peer and route lookups. macOS / iOS 1.5.22 (2026-10-14) · Oct 2026 · source · release history
  • Improves packet-processing performance when flow logging is enabled. macOS / iOS 1.5.22 (2026-10-14) · Oct 2026 · source · release history
  • Improves packet processing performance by reducing allocations and packet moves during network writes. macOS / iOS 1.5.22 (2026-10-14) · Oct 2026 · source · release history
  • Lowers the system-wide net.core.wmem_max to 2 MB and net.core.rmem_max to 16 MB on the Gateway, reducing UDP send and receive socket buffer sizes. Gateway 1.6.0 (2026-08-10) · Aug 2026 · source · release history
  • The Gateway now sets net.core.wmem_max to 2 MB (down from a previously higher value) and net.core.rmem_max to 16 MB system-wide, which reduces UDP socket buffer sizes and may affect other processes sharing those kernel parameters on the same host. Gateway 1.6.0 (2026-08-10) · Aug 2026 · source · release history
  • Enables GRO and GSO on the TUN device on Linux kernels 6.2 and later, roughly doubling single-stream TCP throughput through the tunnel. Gateway 1.6.0 (2026-08-10) · Aug 2026 · source · release history
Control plane region selection shipped Allows users to switch between the Firezone US and EU control plane endpoints to keep organisation data within a chosen region. 3 releases · 2 other sources · first seen Oct 2026

release

  • Switch Clients to the EU control plane by setting Settings → Control plane → Firezone Cloud (EU) before signing in, connecting to wss://eu.api.firezone.dev with the admin portal at https://eu.app.firezone.dev.⁠︀︄︇︀︅︉︀︅︀︀︃︀︀︅︅︀︅︊︀︄︆︀︃︄⁠ announced · Nov 2026 · source · release history
  • Firezone now offers an EU-region account option with identity data, access policies, and audit logs stored exclusively in Sweden and France on Azure infrastructure, available on all plans including Starter. announced · Nov 2026 · source · release history
  • Switch between the Firezone US or EU control plane from a redesigned Settings screen.⁠︀︄︇︀︅︉︀︅︀︀︃︀︀︅︅︀︅︊︀︄︆︀︃︄⁠ Linux GUI 1.5.20 (2026-10-29) · Oct 2026 · source · release history

example

  • Connect a Firezone Client to the new EU region to keep all identity and policy data within the European Union. In the Firezone Client, go to Settings → Control plane → Firezone Cloud (EU), then sign in. announced · Nov 2026 · source
  • Select the EU control plane endpoint if your organization's data must stay in European infrastructure. In the Firezone Linux GUI, go to Settings and select 'EU' under the control plane region selector. Linux GUI 1.5.20 (2026-10-29) · Oct 2026 · source
macOS and iOS tunnel throughput optimisation shipped Improves upload speed and reduces packet loss and CPU usage on macOS and iOS by enlarging the TUN read buffer, retrying full-queue writes, batching TUN reads/writes into single syscalls, and using a per-destination UDP socket pool to unlock Darwin's UDP fast path. 5 releases · first seen Jun 2026

release

  • Improves Apple client tunnel throughput by coalescing consecutive TCP segments before writing them to the system tunnel. macOS / iOS 1.5.22 (2026-10-14) · Oct 2026 · source · release history
  • Increases the macOS and iOS TUN read buffer size so the kernel can queue more outbound packets between reads, improving upload throughput. macOS / iOS 1.5.18 (2026-06-24) · Jun 2026 · source · release history
  • Retries writes to the TUN device when its queue is momentarily full instead of dropping packets, reducing packet loss under bursty load on macOS and iOS. macOS / iOS 1.5.18 (2026-06-24) · Jun 2026 · source · release history
  • Batches TUN device reads and writes into a single syscall per batch on macOS and iOS, improving throughput and reducing CPU on high-traffic connections. macOS / iOS 1.5.18 (2026-06-24) · Jun 2026 · source · release history
  • Introduces a per-destination UDP socket pool on macOS and iOS that unlocks Darwin's UDP fast path, enabling send batching and kernel congestion (flow advisory) signals. macOS / iOS 1.5.18 (2026-06-24) · Jun 2026 · source · release history
Relay failover and reconnection shipped Speeds up recovery from relay loss or network changes by immediately requesting fresh relay information from the portal. 3 releases · first seen Aug 2026

release

  • Speeds up recovery after all relays are lost by immediately requesting a fresh set from the portal. Linux GUI 1.5.16 (2026-08-10) · Aug 2026 · source · release history
  • Speeds up recovery after all relays are lost by immediately requesting a fresh relay set from the portal. Gateway 1.6.0 (2026-08-10) · Aug 2026 · source · release history
  • Improves reconnection speed after a network change. Gateway 1.6.0 (2026-08-10) · Aug 2026 · source · release history
Device pool resource view shipped Displays device pools in the resource list, grouping connected devices by pool rather than showing all devices in a single flat view. 2 releases · first seen Oct 2026

release

  • Shows device pools in the resource list instead of a flat view of all connected devices.⁠︀︄︇︀︅︉︀︅︀︀︃︀︀︅︅︀︅︊︀︄︆︀︃︄⁠ Android 1.5.16 (2026-10-19) · Oct 2026 · source · release history
  • Shows device pools in the resource list instead of all connected devices in one view. Linux GUI 1.5.19 (2026-10-14) · Oct 2026 · source · release history
Client connectivity status notifications shipped Notifies users of connectivity state changes, such as when the client is disconnected, using system notifications rather than alerts. 2 releases · first seen Oct 2026

release

  • Replaces the Firezone disconnected alert with a notification.⁠︀︄︇︀︅︉︀︅︀︀︃︀︀︅︅︀︅︊︀︄︆︀︃︄⁠ Linux GUI 1.5.19 (2026-10-14) · Oct 2026 · source · release history
  • Sends a notification instead of displaying an alert when the session ends. macOS / iOS 1.5.22 (2026-10-14) · Oct 2026 · source · release history
Gateway token management shipped Generates, rotates, and revokes single-owner tokens that authenticate each Gateway to the Firezone control plane, with support for upgrading legacy multi-owner tokens. 1 release · 1 other source · first seen Jul 2026

release

docs

  • Manage Gateway Tokens Each Gateway authenticates to the Firezone control plane with its own single-owner token : a token bound to exactly one Gateway. This guide covers generating, rotating, and revoking Gateway tokens, and upgrading Gateways that still connect with a legacy multi-owner token. docs update · Jul 2026 · source
Headless Linux client sign-in shipped Allows the Linux headless client to authenticate via a browser-based sign-in flow, with optional pre-selection of a specific account slug. 2 other sources

example

  • Browser-based sign-in for the Linux headless client. sudo ./firezone-client-headless-linux sign-in
  • Sign in pre-selecting a specific account slug. sudo ./firezone-client-headless-linux sign-in --account-slug my-account
Multi-threaded WireGuard encryption shipped Parallelises WireGuard encryption and decryption across worker threads on the Gateway to increase tunnel throughput. 1 release · first seen Oct 2026

release

  • Firezone Gateway now parallelizes WireGuard encryption and decryption across worker threads, greatly increasing tunnel throughput.⁠︀︄︇︀︅︉︀︅︀︀︃︀︀︅︅︀︅︊︀︄︆︀︃︄⁠ Gateway 1.6.4 (2026-10-29) · Oct 2026 · source · release history
Packet-routing cache for established flows shipped Caches route resolution results for established flows to improve packet-routing performance. 1 release · first seen Oct 2026

release

  • Packet-routing performance now benefits from caching of route resolution for established flows. Linux GUI 1.5.20 (2026-10-29) · Oct 2026 · source · release history
Client-side resource traffic filtering shipped Evaluates resource traffic filters locally on the client, dropping disallowed packets before they trigger repeated flow-creation requests. 1 release · first seen Jun 2026

release

  • Adds client-side evaluation of resource traffic filters, dropping disallowed packets locally to prevent repeated flow-creation request loops. macOS / iOS 1.5.18 (2026-06-24) · Jun 2026 · source · release history

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Score card

  1. Shipping velocity releases a month, last 12 months
  2. Documentation quality release-notes rubric, 0–100
  3. Breaking-change discipline how rarely a release breaks users, and notice given
  4. Maintenance risk quiet time against its own cadence, maintainers
  5. Innovation & surface new capabilities, API and MCP surface

Five scores for Firezone, each built from the releases, notes and API history this site tracks — and, on Researcher and Business, where it stands among every measured tool in its category and how that has moved.

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Each score is 0–100 on a published rubric, derived from data this site already shows. A dimension we cannot measure says so — it is never scored 0 and never enters a rank.

How this is scored
  • Shipping velocity — releases a month over the last 12 months, on a log scale where 16 a month scores 100. Needs 3 releases in the window.
  • Documentation quality — the release-notes rubric published on the analytics page, unchanged.
  • Breaking-change discipline — the share of releases carrying a breaking change (none scores 100, half or more scores 0). Only projects that label breaking changes are measured: a clean record cannot be told from an unlabelled one.
  • Maintenance risk — quiet time measured against the tool's own release cadence (quiet longer than 90 days and three typical gaps scores 0), plus the number of active maintainers and whether contributors are growing, where known. Higher is lower risk.
  • Innovation & surface — new capabilities in the feature ledger this year, API and MCP operations added, and the share of commits that are features: the mean of whichever we hold.
  • Community health (open-source tools only) — each is a direction, not a size: contributors this year against last, the bus factor now against a year ago, and issues closed per issue opened, where steady scores 50, doubled 100 and halved 0; plus the median time to a maintainer's first reply (an hour scores about 100, a month or more 0). A commercial card has no repository and carries none of the four.
  • Documented delivery (commercial tools) — when a vendor's documented new capabilities have slowed against its own baseline, that counts against the overall standing as heavily as two low dimensions. Steady delivery, or too little history to judge, leaves the standing alone; it is never a sixth score.
  • Open-source tools are scored on repository signals; commercial tools on their published changelog. Ranks compare tools within one category and one profile and need at least five measured peers; the overall standing needs three ranked dimensions. Best-in-breed or consolidator is a shape, not a quality, and is never scored.

Release-note detail over time

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Commercials

pricing & packaging history · Firezone vendor page

37 readings of Firezone's pricing page since May 2022, with 5 relaunches of its plan lineup and 11 changes to what its plans include — each one dated, compared with the reading before it, and explained for someone buying the tool.

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Website history

firezone.dev, every change

Firezone's home page and 29 more pages as they looked each month from January 2023 to October 2026: 39 renders, 7 changes of tagline or palette. Step through them, play them, or put any two months side by side.

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What Firezone connects to, runs on and detects, read from its release notes and docs. So far: 3 new integrations.

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  • Oct 32026

    new Directory sync integrations

    With Google, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta

    Directory sync for Google , Microsoft Entra ID , and Okta .

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  • Oct 32026

    new Device posture check integrations

    With Intune, Microsoft Defender, SentinelOne, Sophos

    Device posture checks , with integrations for providers such as Intune, Microsoft Defender, SentinelOne, and Sophos.

    Source ↗

  • Oct 32026

    new Log sink integrations for audit log streaming

    With Splunk, Datadog, Elastic, Microsoft Sentinel, Amazon S3

    Log sinks that stream audit logs to your SIEM, including Splunk, Datadog, Elastic, Microsoft Sentinel, and Amazon S3.

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Read from 4 of 50 release notes and docs updates we hold for Firezone. "First seen" is the earliest note that names something; "last" is the latest. Our history may start partway through Firezone's life, so an old integration can show a recent first-seen date.

Each change counts once: "added 40 checks" is one line, so the numbers measure how often coverage moves, not how big the catalogue is or how well it detects.

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  4. August 20269
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