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headscale vs CloudNet: catalog facts
headscale	CloudNet
Free Free and open source under a BSD 3-clause licence. The Tailscale clients it works with are…	Freemium Paid membership plans add higher bandwidth, up to 300 Mbps.
macOS, Linux, Self-hosted	macOS
Removes the dependency on Tailscale's hosted control server Works with the standard Tailscale clients on every platform	Peer-to-peer connections through multiple layers of NAT Port mapping for TCP, UDP and HTTPS services
Aimed at a single tailnet for self-hosters, not a multi-tenant deployment No graphical administration interface in the core project	Website and documentation are in Chinese only Sign-in uses WeChat
Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Hosted service
Open source	Closed source
License: BSD-3-Clause	License not stated
No account needed	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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