Firezone vs MeshCentral

Both are self-hosted remote access projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.

Firezone scores 93 against MeshCentral's 79, putting it ahead on the strength of a higher commit volume. That measures project health, not feature fit — MeshCentral may still be the right choice if it does what you need.
FirezoneMeshCentral
Health score 93/100 79/100
Commits (11 mo) 3215 467
Commits (last 3 mo) 1116 155
Stars 9.1k 7.3k
Latest release 24 Sept 2026 24 Sept 2026
Licence Apache-2.0 Apache-2.0
Built with Elixir, Docker Nodejs
Typical RAM 2 GB 1 GB

Firezone

Secure remote access gateway that supports the WireGuard protocol. It offers a Web GUI, 1-line install script, multi-factor auth (MFA), and SSO.

93/100
Thriving

High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.

Maintenance 38/40
Releases 25/25
Community 15/20
Momentum 15/15

Commit activity more than 94% of tracked projects; popularity more than 77%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 209 commits 2025-11: 168 commits 2025-12: 371 commits 2026-01: 286 commits 2026-02: 308 commits 2026-03: 252 commits 2026-04: 227 commits 2026-05: 278 commits 2026-06: 299 commits 2026-07: 424 commits 2026-08: 393 commits

MeshCentral

Run your own web server to remotely manage and control computers on a local network or anywhere on the internet.

79/100
Healthy

Actively maintained with regular releases.

Maintenance 25/40
Releases 25/25
Community 15/20
Momentum 15/15

Commit activity more than 62% of tracked projects; popularity more than 74%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 37 commits 2025-11: 34 commits 2025-12: 48 commits 2026-01: 32 commits 2026-02: 44 commits 2026-03: 38 commits 2026-04: 21 commits 2026-05: 58 commits 2026-06: 59 commits 2026-07: 72 commits 2026-08: 24 commits

How to read this

Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.

What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.

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