Yggdrasil Network github.com/yggdrasil-network

decentralized e2e-encryption ipv6 mesh mesh-networks routing-algorithm routing-mesh spanning-tree

Use this command to install Yggdrasil Network:

winget install --id=YggdrasilNetwork.Yggdrasil -e

The Yggdrasil network is a decentralized, peer-to-peer network that aims to create a more resilient and private internet infrastructure.

Yggdrasil Network is a decentralized, peer-to-peer IPv6 overlay network designed to create a more resilient and private internet infrastructure. It enables secure communication by offering end-to-end encryption for any IPv6-capable application, while also supporting operation over IPv4 for broader compatibility.

Key Features:

Decentralized architecture with no reliance on central servers.
End-to-end encryption ensuring privacy and security for all communications.
Cross-platform support for Linux, macOS, Windows, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, OpenWrt, VyOS, and Ubiquiti EdgeRouter devices.
Lightweight and self-arranging design that simplifies deployment and maintenance.
Operates seamlessly over both IPv4 and IPv6 networks.

Ideal for developers, network administrators, and privacy-conscious users seeking a resilient alternative to traditional internet infrastructure. Yggdrasil Network provides a secure, scalable solution for building decentralized applications and services without the need for centralized control or existing IPv6 connectivity. The software can be installed via winget on supported platforms.

Yggdrasil

Introduction

Yggdrasil is an early-stage implementation of a fully end-to-end encrypted IPv6 network. It is lightweight, self-arranging, supported on multiple platforms and allows pretty much any IPv6-capable application to communicate securely with other Yggdrasil nodes. Yggdrasil does not require you to have IPv6 Internet connectivity - it also works over IPv4.

Supported Platforms

Yggdrasil works on a number of platforms, including Linux, macOS, Ubiquiti EdgeRouter, VyOS, Windows, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and OpenWrt.

Please see our Installation page for more information. You may also find other platform-specific wrappers, scripts or tools in the contrib folder.

Building

If you want to build from source, as opposed to installing one of the pre-built packages:

Install Go (requires Go 1.22 or later)
Clone this repository
Run ./build

Note that you can cross-compile for other platforms and architectures by specifying the GOOS and GOARCH environment variables, e.g. GOOS=windows ./build or GOOS=linux GOARCH=mipsle ./build.

Running

Generate configuration

To generate static configuration, either generate a HJSON file (human-friendly, complete with comments):

./yggdrasil -genconf &gt; /path/to/yggdrasil.conf

... or generate a plain JSON file (which is easy to manipulate programmatically):

./yggdrasil -genconf -json &gt; /path/to/yggdrasil.conf

You will need to edit the yggdrasil.conf file to add or remove peers, modify other configuration such as listen addresses or multicast addresses, etc.

Run Yggdrasil

To run with the generated static configuration:

./yggdrasil -useconffile /path/to/yggdrasil.conf

To run in auto-configuration mode (which will use sane defaults and random keys at each startup, instead of using a static configuration file):

./yggdrasil -autoconf

You will likely need to run Yggdrasil as a privileged user or under sudo, unless you have permission to create TUN/TAP adapters. On Linux this can be done by giving the Yggdrasil binary the capability.

Yggdrasil Network github.com/yggdrasil-network

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