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headscale vs Anywherelan: catalog facts
headscale	Anywherelan
Free Free and open source under a BSD 3-clause licence. The Tailscale clients it works with are…	Free Free and open source under the Mozilla Public License 2.0.
macOS, Linux, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Android
Removes the dependency on Tailscale's hosted control server Works with the standard Tailscale clients on every platform	No central coordination server to set up or trust Use any of your devices as a VPN exit node
Aimed at a single tailnet for self-hosters, not a multi-tenant deployment No graphical administration interface in the core project	Falls back to community relays when a direct connection is not possible No iOS app
Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-3-Clause	License: MPL-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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