yggdrasil-network/yggdrasil-go

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Yggdrasil is a lightweight userspace software router implementing an experimental, fully end-to-end encrypted IPv6 overlay network with a scalable, self-arranging mesh routing scheme. It works over IPv4 or IPv6, requires no central coordination, and lets any IPv6-capable application communicate securely across the network.

Use cases

• build a decentralized encrypted mesh VPN between my machines
• connect devices into a self-healing IPv6 overlay network over the internet
• securely access home services without port forwarding or a central server
• set up peer-to-peer networking for IoT or community mesh networks
• give my IPv4-only machines IPv6 connectivity over an encrypted tunnel
• experiment with scalable routing protocols and mesh networking

When to choose

• you want a decentralized, self-arranging encrypted network with no central authority
• you need IPv6 connectivity between nodes over IPv4 or IPv6 underlays
• you want a lightweight cross-platform mesh that runs on routers, desktops, and mobile devices
• you're experimenting with mesh networking or scalable routing schemes

When to avoid

• you need a production-hardened, standards-based VPN like WireGuard with guaranteed stability
• you require fine-grained access control or traditional VPN features like split tunneling policies
• you need IPv4 addressing inside the overlay rather than IPv6
• you can't tolerate occasional breaking changes in an alpha-stage protocol

Facets

application · maturity experimental

networking cryptography routing security p2p networking security privacy censorship-circumvention microservices windows bsd cross-platform go mesh-network ipv6-overlay end-to-end-encryption vpn decentralized self-arranging userspace-router spanning-tree linux macos android ios

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