# Tailscale

> BSD-3-Clause WireGuard mesh VPN client

**Category:** DevOps  
**Pricing:** open-source  
**URL:** https://tailscale.com  
**GitHub:** https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale  
**Added:** 2026-10-16

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## The Hook

Tailscale connects your laptops, servers and phones into one private WireGuard network that works through NAT and firewalls, with identity-based access rules instead of opening ports.

## What's Good

BSD-3-Clause plus a patent grant (tailscale/tailscale), release v1.104.1. This repo is the open-source client and daemon for Linux, macOS, Windows and more, including Tailscale SSH, subnet routers and exit nodes. Setup is a login and a command per machine. ★~37.6k.

## The Catch

By default every node connects to Tailscale’s hosted coordination server, a proprietary service with its own plans and limits. To run everything yourself you pair the client with headscale, the open-source coordination server, and lose some hosted features.

## Verdict

The easiest way to put your machines on one private network — self-host the control side with headscale if that matters.