Headscale

“I think I'll move my headscale node there, since it has the highest availability”

“Tailscale or Headscale (the self-hosted version) are massively overengineered for something as basic as accessing your Linux ISOs from your phone.”

“Today I use Tailscale (with Headscale as the control plane) for all users”

“Headscale turns the $5 VPS into the thing that connects my laptop to my other compute resources while I am out and about.”

“headscale is an open source alternative that we embrace and encourage people to use”

“The real solution is using something like Pangolin or Tailscale (or Headscale) for this.”

“I had a zero downtime headscale upgrade because once the nodes negotiate through the control plane they can talk to each other all the time.”

“Alternatives are Logmein Hamachi(might be dating myself here, haven't used them in 10+ years), Zerotier, Netbird. Headscale too.”

“mostly groovy but the individual components don't easily seem to be able to connect to a different vpn”

“Unless by "Tailscale" you actually meant your own self-hosted Headscale server”

“the one thing about headscale that I really like is how easy it is for users to just grab the client”

“auto-generates the config from environment variables on first start”

“requires you to write and mount a complete "config.yaml" before the container will even start”

“Headscale is open source and it already works. You don't need to rely on anyone to use it”

“It's much more private and secure to run that Minecraft or Mumble server on an encrypted overlay network”

“the headscale server are both open source, you don't need to rely on commercial entities”

“The headscale API is very different than the Tailscale API so if you're automating setting up clients it's not quite drop in.”

“Headscale works if you want fully self-hosted. The features it doesn't have aren't important to the typical home user.”

“I've been really happy with headscale, but I wouldn't call it a complete drop in replacement”

“Headscale is opensource drop in replacement for the control server which isn't, and fully compatible with Tailscale clients”

“which has the blessing of Tailscale and contributions from some of their employees”

“Have a look at Headscale to avoid the cost of Tailscale for small home setups.”

“Headscale is an open source alternative, I haven't read the code but it might be a good place to start”

“Headscale exists but honestly it's a pain to run compared to just paying Tailscale $18/user.”

“I've been smoothly running headscale on a hetzner vps for many months now. Works without issues”

“Headscale/Tailscale only has value if you are behind a CGNAT, otherwise, it just adds extra management and complexities.”

“What I don’t like about headscale is that you can only host a single coordinator server as well.”

“it's clearly a side project that few people within the tailscale company maintain on spare time.”

“Headscale mostly works pretty well but its pretty finicky to get set up”

“I find that quite interesting and it is one of the reasons I've not really considered trying out Headscale myself.”

“It's free, works extremely well, and can be used with the official Tailscale clients.”

“an OSS clone, if you're too paranoid to leave your keys to a company”

“Headscale is only really useful if you need to manage multiple users and/or networks.”

“Head scale is a good middle option - it uses Tailscale’s DNS system but you are able to control your network as you would with Wireguard”

“If you prefer to self host your orchestrator you can look into Headscale, an alternative that seeks to be compatible with the clients.”

“self-hosting headscale in a discarded ThinkCentre and running it from a closet”

“Tailscale/Headscale gives me authenticated, encrypted, NAT-traversing connectivity.”

“If you don't trust Tailscale servers, you can host the open source equivalent, Headscale”

“I like to self host things so I also self host Headscale (private tailnet)”

“Headscale is an open source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server.”