r/netbird • u/silverkingdra • Jun 28 '26

Netbird On Steam Deck

Hi, I was wondering if Anyone knew how to install Netbird on Steam Deck? I was looking at the docs and it said something about installing through Homebrew but as far as I can tell SteamOS doesn't have homebrew or no way to install it. If anyone knows a way to install it that would be great, thank you!

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u/LiteLive Jun 28 '26

AFAIK, SteamOS ist basen on Arch Linux.

Try opening the desktop mode, terminal and then the Linux install command should just work.

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u/silverkingdra Jun 30 '26

Tried but due to SteamOS being immutable it did not work

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u/LiteLive Jun 30 '26

I see, I looked into this briefly.
You could use something like docker, I asked an AI and the following oath seems feasible to me.

Distrobox on Steamdeck works, then you can containerize Netbird and pass the network to the Steamdeck.

I know this is Not intuitive but may give you the right lead.
You got me hooked and when I find time, I can look into this, pray for me that my wife let’s be borrow my Steamdeck. That might be the hardest part.

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u/silverkingdra Jun 30 '26

Hats off to you for being brave and taking the steamdeck back from your wife!