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headscale vs Firezone: catalog facts
headscale	Firezone
Free Free and open source under a BSD 3-clause licence. The Tailscale clients it works with are…	Freemium A free tier is available. Larger deployments require a paid plan.
macOS, Linux, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
Removes the dependency on Tailscale's hosted control server Works with the standard Tailscale clients on every platform	Per-resource access policies driven by your identity provider Gateways run next to your own resources, so traffic does not detour
Aimed at a single tailnet for self-hosters, not a multi-tenant deployment No graphical administration interface in the core project	The control plane is hosted by the vendor; full self-hosting is not supported Paid tiers are required beyond the free plan's limits
Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Hosted service
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-3-Clause	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is 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 September 22, 2026

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