OpenZiti
Fully-featured, zero trust, full mesh overlay network. Includes a 2FA support out of the box, clients for all major desktop/mobile OS'es.
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Still maintained? Yes: 199 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v2.0.8 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in Miscellaneous: ChatGPT alternatives, DeepL alternatives.
At a glance
OpenZiti quick facts
- Health score
- 85/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 4,461
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v2.0.8, Oct 2026
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "OpenZiti is an open-source zero-trust networking platform that makes network services invisible to unauthorized users. Every connection, whether from a user, a service, a device, or a workload, is authenticated with cryptographic identity, authorized by policy, and encrypted end-to-end."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
OpenZiti scores 85/100, #36 of 77 in Miscellaneous: 199 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v2.0.8, 22 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 4,461 stars add 14.6 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
199 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v2.0.8 released 22 days ago
- Stars 14.6 / 20
4.5k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 199
- Last 90 days
- 919
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #36 of 77 tools in Miscellaneous by health , between Zero-TOTP (#35) and Baby Buddy (#37) .
Details
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Platforms | Go |
| Latest release | v2.0.8 · 22 days ago |
| Stars | 4,461 |
| Open issues | 370 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | openziti/ziti ↗ |
OpenZiti vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with OpenZiti (Miscellaneous), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| penpot | 99 | 62k | MPL-2.0 | today |
| Reactive Resume | 99 | 45k | MIT | today |
| Open-Meteo | 95 | 6.6k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Zero-TOTP | 86 | 26 | GPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| OpenZiti (this tool) | 85 | 4.5k | Apache-2.0 | yesterday |
| CUPS | 83 | 1.8k | GPL-2.0 | yesterday |
OpenZiti: common questions
Is OpenZiti still maintained?
OpenZiti had 199 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v2.0.8, is from 22 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.