Headscale: Open-source implementation of the Tailscale control server
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HN comment orderAnother similar project to Tailscale, for those in the market: https://github.com/slackhq/nebula Crazy simple, fully open source, trivial to self-host. Maybe not as featureful as Tailscale, but imo that can be a feature unto itself.
Every few months I come back to this repo to check if they finally got Tailnet lock running or if someone security audited them in the meanwhile. Unfortunately neither of these things seem to make any progress and thus, I’ve grown uncertain in how much I can trust this as a core part of my infrastructure. The entire premise of Tailscale SaaS builds on creating tunnels around your firewalls, then enabling the user to police what is allowed to be…
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- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 725
- Total comments
- 149
100+ points or 50+ comments
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-17 | An open-source implementation of the Tailscale control server | jen20 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021-08-17 | Headscale: Implementation of Tailscale Control Server | Operyl | 3 | 0 |
| 2021-09-05 | An open source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server | rcarmo | 2 | 0 |
| 2021-09-17 | Headscale: Open-source implementation of the Tailscale control serverFirst breakout · Best thread | harporoeder | 363 | 66 |
| 2022-12-15 | Headscale: Open-source, self-hosted Tailscale control server | thunderbong | 2 | 0 |
| 2023-05-12 | Headscale: Open-source, self-hosted version of the Tailscale control server | thunderbong | 5 | 0 |
| 2024-10-03 | Headscale: Open-Source, Self-Hosted Alternative to Tailscale Control Server | Cipher_Forge | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-04-03 | An open source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control serverHall induction · Latest 20+ point return | quyleanh | 345 | 83 |