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headscale vs innernet: catalog facts
headscale	innernet
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 MIT licence.
macOS, Linux, Self-hosted	Linux, Command line
Removes the dependency on Tailscale's hosted control server Works with the standard Tailscale clients on every platform	Invitation-based enrolment removes manual WireGuard key exchange Access rules between groups of peers are defined centrally
Aimed at a single tailnet for self-hosters, not a multi-tenant deployment No graphical administration interface in the core project	Linux focused, with limited support elsewhere You run the coordination server yourself
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-3-Clause	License: MIT
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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