github.com/yggdrasil-network

Yggdrasil Network is an open-source initiative that delivers a lightweight, decentralized routing protocol designed to weave existing IPv6-capable networks into an encrypted, peer-to-peer mesh. The software is typically deployed by privacy advocates, researchers, and infrastructure hobbyists who want to create resilient, censorship-resistant tunnels between remote LANs, cloud nodes, or personal devices without relying on centralized VPN providers or public BGP tables. Typical use cases include linking homelabs across continents, giving mobile users a stable IPv6 address that follows them between carriers, or forming ad-hoc private backbones for multiplayer games, file sync, and secure shell sessions. Because each node contributes only a few megabytes of RAM and minimal bandwidth, the daemon runs unobtrusively on Raspberry Pi boards, Windows desktops, Linux servers, macOS laptops, and OpenWrt routers alike, making it attractive for low-power IoT gateways and edge containers. Administrators configure the software through a single JSON file that declares peer endpoints, cryptographic keys, and optional multicast discovery, while built-in TAP/TUN adapters present the mesh as a standard IPv6 prefix to existing applications without modification. Yggdrasil Network software is available for free on get.nero.com, with downloads delivered through trusted Windows package sources such as winget, always installing the latest upstream release and supporting batch installation alongside other networking utilities.