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

RatelKey is a self-hosted secrets management platform for securely storing, accessing, and managing application secrets without the infrastructure complexity of traditional enterprise solutions. Secrets stay inside your own Burrow instance, while RatelKey provides authentication, access management, updates, and administration. It supports projects and environments, machine identities, role-based access control, IP restrictions, audit logs, canary secrets, encrypted backups, webhooks, SAML/OIDC SSO, SCIM provisioning, and CLI/SDK access. Burrow can run on Linux, Windows, macOS, or Docker, and applications continue retrieving secrets directly from your infrastructure even if the RatelKey control plane is unavailable. RatelKey is designed for teams that have outgrown `.env` files and scattered CI secrets but do not want to operate a complex secrets-management stack.

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 Supported
Linux Supported
Cloud Not 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

Developers, SecretOps, SecOps

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 Not Supported

Screenshots and Videos

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Pricing

Free
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Pricing

$30/month
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

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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 Not Supported

Company Information

Juan Font
Netherlands
headscale.net/stable/

Company Information

RatelKey
Founded: 2026
Denmark
ratelkey.com

Alternatives

Alternatives

Categories

Network Management Supported

Categories

Secrets Management Supported

Integrations

Debian Supported
Ubuntu Supported
YAML Supported

Integrations

Debian Not Supported
Ubuntu Not Supported
YAML Not Supported
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