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

TLanX is a modern peer-to-peer mesh VPN for secure private networking. Instead of routing traffic through central gateways, devices connect directly with end-to-end encryption and automatic relay fallback. It works behind home routers, firewalls, CGNAT and cloud VMs without port forwarding. Features include fine-grained access control lists (by device, network, protocol, port and schedule), private DNS with custom internal records, smart routing with automatic path optimization, multi-network support with isolated IP spaces, site-to-site subnet advertising with HA failover, Layer 2/VLAN support (802.1Q, trunk ports, MAC learning), fleet management (remote restart, forced updates, health monitoring) and live traffic metrics. Native agents for Windows, Linux and macOS. Free plan includes 5 devices and 2 networks.

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

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

IT teams, DevOps engineers, MSPs, remote teams and homelab users who need secure private networking across devices and sites

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

API

Offers API

API

Offers API

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Pricing

Free
Free Version
Free Trial

Pricing

Free
Free Version
Free Trial

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Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Training

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Company Information

Juan Font
Netherlands
headscale.net/stable/

Company Information

TLanX
Founded: 2024
Vietnam
tlanx.com

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Categories

Categories

VPN

Integrations

Debian
Ubuntu
YAML

Integrations

Debian
Ubuntu
YAML
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