Headscale

Headscale

Juan Font
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About

Headscale is an open-source, self-hosted implementation of the control server used by the Tailscale network, enabling users to keep full ownership of their private tailnets while using Tailscale clients. It supports registering users and nodes, issuing pre-authentication keys, advertising subnet-routes and exit-node capabilities, enforcing access-control lists, and integrating with OIDC/SAML identity providers for user authentication. The server is deployable via Debian/Ubuntu packages or standalone binaries, configurable through a YAML file, and managed via its CLI or REST API. Headscale tracks each node, route, and user in its database, supports route approval workflows, and enables features such as subnet routing, exit node designation, and node-to-node mesh within the tailnet. Being self-hosted, it gives organizations and hobbyists full control over their private network endpoints, encryption keys, and traffic flows, rather than depending on a commercial control plane.

About

Calico is an open-source networking and network security solution for containers, virtual machines, and native host-based workloads. Calico supports a broad range of platforms including Kubernetes, OpenShift, Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (MKE), OpenStack, and bare metal services. Whether you opt to use Calico's eBPF data plane or Linux’s standard networking pipeline, Calico delivers blazing-fast performance with true cloud-native scalability. Calico provides developers and cluster operators with a consistent experience and set of capabilities whether running in the public cloud or on-prem, on a single node, or across a multi-thousand-node cluster. Calico gives you a choice of data planes, including a pure Linux eBPF data plane, a standard Linux networking data plane, and a Windows HNS data plane. Whether you prefer the cutting-edge features of eBPF or the familiarity of the standard primitives that existing system administrators already know, Calico has you covered.

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

System administrators and hobbyist self-hosters wanting a tool to build and control a secure, self-managed VPN/mesh network using Tailscale clients

Audience

Users looking for a solution to manage their containers, virtual machines, and native host-based workloads

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

API

Offers API Supported

API

Offers API Supported

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

Free
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Pricing

Free
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Reviews/Ratings

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ease 0.0 / 5
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design 0.0 / 5
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design 0.0 / 5
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Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Supported

Company Information

Juan Font
Netherlands
headscale.net/stable/

Company Information

Project Calico
United States
projectcalico.docs.tigera.io/about/about-calico

Alternatives

Alternatives

Categories

Network Management Supported

Categories

Integrations

Amazon EKS Not Supported
Apigee Not Supported
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Not Supported
Box Not Supported
Debian Supported
GitHub Not Supported
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Not Supported
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service Not Supported
Kubernetes Not Supported
Mirantis Kubernetes Engine Not Supported
OpenStack Not Supported
OrangeCRM Not Supported
Red Hat OpenShift Not Supported
Squarespace Not Supported
Ubuntu Supported
YAML Supported

Integrations

Amazon EKS Supported
Apigee Supported
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Supported
Box Supported
Debian Not Supported
GitHub Supported
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Supported
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service Supported
Kubernetes Supported
Mirantis Kubernetes Engine Supported
OpenStack Supported
OrangeCRM Supported
Red Hat OpenShift Supported
Squarespace Supported
Ubuntu Not Supported
YAML Not Supported
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