Headscale

medium
Networking

Open-source self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server.

0.25 GB RAM min Active development
GitHub Docs Website

Pros

  • Self-hosted Tailscale control plane
  • Uses WireGuard under the hood
  • Lightweight
  • Growing community

Cons

  • Not all Tailscale features supported
  • Fewer clients than Tailscale official
  • Coordination with Tailscale client updates needed
  • Less documentation than commercial Tailscale

Tags

vpnwireguardmesh-networktailscalenetworking

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