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An open source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server

124 mentions on Hacker News by 103 people: 12 stories, 112 comments · first 2020-07-05 · latest 2026-08-13

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  1. …and `AAAA` records are supported. This might be the start of setting up headscale this weekend. [0] https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/blob/main/docs/dns-rec...
    comment by 2bluesc · 2023-04-14 · in Surpassing 10Gb/S over Tailscale
  2. …I thought I could. My escape hatch from the monopoly is headscale[0] which I can self host. [0] https://github.com/juanfont/headscale
    comment by 2bluesc · 2023-04-13 · in Surpassing 10Gb/S over Tailscale
  3. https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/releases/expanded_asse...
    comment by 1vuio0pswjnm7 · 2023-04-13 · in Surpassing 10Gb/S over Tailscale
  4. …We all are Craftsmen. We all deserve some. There's headscale[1] that fills the gap somewhat. [1] https://github.com/juanfont/headscale
  5. Looks like it cannot today - https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/issues/1040
  6. …open source alternatives I know of, are (respectively): - https://bore.pub && https://sslip.io - https://github.com/juanfont/headscale I don't think there's anyone using this kind of tools for emails, the technical limitations elude my…
  7. You can selfhost a server for tailscale clients if you feel extra tinfoil-hatty. I am doing it. https://github.com/juanfont/headscale
  8. …server, and decide that tailnet lock is not for you, have you taken a look at Headscale? https://github.com/juanfont/headscale
    comment by lilyball · 2022-12-14 · in Tailnet Lock
  9. …For example, here's the config to set up development environment for headscale: https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/blob/6a311f4ab68a4d856...
    comment by 5e92cb50239222b · 2022-11-20 · in Tea: A new package manager from the creator of brew
  10. …VPN provider, and they're keeping a pretty big chunk of their code base open for auditing. [1]: https://github.com/juanfont/headscale
    comment by rollcat · 2022-11-18 · in Tailscale Funnel
  11. …playing lan games from time time and they find pretty easy to setup tailscale on their side. [1]: https://github.com/juanfont/headscale
    comment by augusto-moura · 2022-11-18 · in Tailscale Funnel
  12. …as a LaunchDaemon. > Forget the server Pop the headscale server in and you get a fully FOSS system. https://github.com/juanfont/headscale That I don't do, because the coordination server, the relay system (which you can also self-host),…
    comment by lloeki · 2022-11-18 · in Tailscale Funnel
  13. …it. Tailscale (or Headscale for that matter if you host it yourself) is magical in comparison. https://github.com/juanfont/headscale
    comment by zikduruqe · 2022-11-18 · in Tailscale Funnel
  14. …as new features are added to the official one. [1]: https://tailscale.com/opensource/ [2]: https://github.com/juanfont/headscale
    comment by simjnd · 2022-11-18 · in Tailscale Funnel
  15. …we just don't talk about it much. headscale is plenty popular — that's not "everyone" already. https://github.com/juanfont/headscale In addition to your points, we over here also have our own reasons for self-hosting everything (for…
    comment by 5e92cb50239222b · 2022-11-18 · in Tailscale Funnel
  16. Or you can run Headscale: https://github.com/juanfont/headscale
  17. Take a look at Headscale if you want to self host. https://github.com/juanfont/headscale
    comment by zikduruqe · 2022-10-19 · in Identity management for WireGuard
  18. …Microsoft or Google the keys to my house :/ But I think with headscale it can be fully self hosted: https://github.com/juanfont/headscale I have yet to try it out but it looks pretty good.
    comment by GekkePrutser · 2022-10-13 · in Taildrop
  19. …you need. Also quite easy to set up. For your tailscale setup: there's a guide for the server ( https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/blob/main/docs/running... ) and you can find more guides for the clients. For your Git setup: Git works…
  20. …it. Also: if you're more inclined to self-host your stuff, you can get the best of both worlds via https://github.com/juanfont/headscale
    comment by cweagans · 2022-08-17 · in Putting Tailscale on the Steam Deck
  21. …proprietary, but at least for Headscale they seem to be just unguessable database row identifiers: https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/blob/ade4e23e149e7846b... Nothing in the Tailscale design has ever pointed to features that would…
  22. TIL about headscale: https://github.com/juanfont/headscale Good on tailscale for fostering the community and not playing this like most startups would!
  23. …haven't looked at it in ages as the hosted variety was a non starter anyway. from the project page: https://github.com/juanfont/headscale >Node registration > • Single-Sign-On (via Open ID Connect) > • Pre authenticated key
  24. or stand up Headscale yourself. https://github.com/juanfont/headscale
    comment by zikduruqe · 2022-08-07 · in Syncthing Anywhere with Tailscale
  25. …the time for examining that solution. Anything that can keep MS and Goog away is most welcome [3] https://github.com/juanfont/headscale
    comment by yetanother12345 · 2022-07-05 · in Tailscale ate my network (and I love it)
  26. https://github.com/juanfont/headscale If you were looking for an open source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server (as far as I know, that is the only portion of tailscale that tailscale keeps proprietary, and this is…
  27. …it's all on your own if you choose to run it.[1] [0] https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale [1] https://github.com/juanfont/headscale EDIT: Android code is actually entirely open, oops!
  28. In case anyone is looking for the URL: https://github.com/juanfont/headscale 5k stars on Github, and lots of activity. Seems very interesting!
    comment by sandstrom · 2022-06-22 · in Tailscale SSH
  29. Then host your own Auth server - https://github.com/juanfont/headscale
    comment by zikduruqe · 2022-06-22 · in Tailscale SSH
  30. In case you want open source self-hosted tailscale there's https://github.com/juanfont/headscale
  31. …Tailscale is the server side, which has an open source re-implementation call Headscale[0]. [0] https://github.com/juanfont/headscale
  32. …setup a standard wireguard server that cab be used wtih the official app with mesh networking. 1- https://github.com/juanfont/headscale 2 - https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale-android/pull/45
  33. …allows one to implement a self-hosted, open source alternative to the Tailscale control server. [1] https://github.com/juanfont/headscale Almost all of tailscale is opensourced at this point besides the GUI.
    comment by gzer0 · 2022-05-04 · in Tailscale raises $100M
  34. …headscale [0] "An open source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server" [0] https://github.com/juanfont/headscale
    comment by seedie · 2022-05-04 · in Tailscale raises $100M
  35. …state) We keep Juan et al updated when there's protocol changes or things they can do. (e.g. recent https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/issues/552 )
    comment by bradfitz · 2022-05-04 · in Tailscale raises $100M
  36. …tailscale control server [1] that you could self host. [0] https://github.com/slackhq/nebula [1] https://github.com/juanfont/headscale
    comment by JeremyNT · 2022-05-04 · in Tailscale raises $100M
  37. Same, I abandoned Tailscale sign up for this reason as well. Perhaps consider https://github.com/juanfont/headscale ?
    comment by aftbit · 2022-05-04 · in Tailscale raises $100M
  38. …that does let you totally self-host. [1] https://tailscale.com/blog/how-nat-traversal-works/ [2] https://github.com/juanfont/headscale
    comment by cpuguy83 · 2022-05-04 · in Tailscale raises $100M
  39. You're certainly not the only one. There is headscale [0] if you're worried about that though. [0] https://github.com/juanfont/headscale
    comment by cassianoleal · 2022-05-04 · in Tailscale raises $100M
  40. …it ends up being up to the user to decide what's the right balance of security vs convenience. [0] https://github.com/juanfont/headscale
    comment by cassianoleal · 2022-05-04 · in Tailscale raises $100M
  41. …control server implementation, it's not production ready in my opinion but it's definitely usable. https://github.com/juanfont/headscale
    comment by RL_Quine · 2022-05-04 · in Tailscale raises $100M
  42. The control server is not open source. Thankfully headspace https://github.com/juanfont/headscale is filling that gap
    comment by bfm · 2022-05-04 · in Tailscale raises $100M
  43. For anyone who has the same issue, Headscale [ https://github.com/juanfont/headscale ] may be an answer, that has simple OpenID integration now
  44. Also https://github.com/juanfont/headscale
    comment by ptman · 2022-03-18 · in How our free plan stays free
  45. Tailscale doesn't, but there's another opensource project which does provide control plane: https://github.com/juanfont/headscale . Even with a on-prem control plane, you probably want logging setup to detect when unusual nodes get pushed…
    comment by chipsa · 2022-03-16 · in How our free plan stays free
  46. Would something like headscale ( https://github.com/juanfont/headscale ) solve that concern?
    comment by imran-iq · 2022-03-16 · in How our free plan stays free
  47. …clients, but the server is not open source and, sure enough, someone wrote an open source server: https://github.com/juanfont/headscale
  48. Their documentation is excellent too. Also worth mentioning the open-source derivative: https://github.com/juanfont/headscale
  49. Tailscale works perfectly for this. There's a third party open source server, too: https://github.com/juanfont/headscale (I just use the free hosted backend, obviously you trust them to do the key exchange)
  50. …on a self hosted project similar to tailscale: https://github.com/gravitl/netmaker . There is also https://github.com/juanfont/headscale which is an open sourced implementation of the Tailscale coordination server. Tailscale "just works"…
    comment by mcescalante · 2022-01-22 · in My self-hosting infrastructure, fully automated