zerotier/libzt

ZeroTier Sockets

P2P cross-platform encrypted sockets library using ZeroTier

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#include "ZeroTierSockets.h"

int main()
{
    zts_node_start();
    zts_net_join(net_id);
    int fd = zts_bsd_socket(ZTS_AF_INET, ZTS_SOCK_STREAM, 0);
    zts_bsd_connect(fd, ...);
    ...
}

Build from source (optional)

git submodule update --init

This project uses CMake as a build system generator. The scripts build.* simplify building and packaging for various targets. There are many targets and configurations not mentioned here.

Using the host keyword will automatically detect the current machine type and build standard libzt for use in C/C++ (no additional language bindings.) See ./build.sh list for additional target options. libzt depends on cURL for the optional portion of the API that interfaces with our hosted web offering (my.zerotier.com). If you do not need this functionality you can omit it by passing -DZTS_DISABLE_CENTRAL_API=1 to CMake.

Example output:

~/libzt/dist/macos-x64-host-release
├── bin
│   ├── client
│   ├── server
│   └── ...
└── lib
    ├── libzt.a
    └── libzt.dylib

Important directories:

Self-hosting

If you'd like to use your own infrastructure we make it easy to set up your own controllers and roots.

Help

• Documentation: docs.zerotier.com
• Examples: examples/
• Bug reports: Open a github issue.
• General ZeroTier troubleshooting: Knowledgebase.
• Chat with us: discuss.zerotier.com

Licensing

ZeroTier and the ZeroTier SDK (libzt and libztcore) are licensed under the BSL version 1.1. ZeroTier is free to use internally in businesses and academic institutions and for non-commercial purposes. Certain types of commercial use such as building closed-source apps and devices based on ZeroTier or offering ZeroTier network controllers and network management as a SaaS service require a commercial license. A small amount of third party code is also included in ZeroTier and is not subject to our BSL license. See AUTHORS.md for a list of third party code, where it is included, and the licenses that apply to it. All of the third party code in ZeroTier is liberally licensed (MIT, BSD, Apache, public domain, etc.). If you want a commercial license to use the ZeroTier SDK in your product contact us directly via [email protected]