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headscaleZeroTier One
Free

Free and open source under a BSD 3-clause licence. The Tailscale clients it works with are…

 Freemium

The software is free and open source under the MPL 2.0. The hosted controller is free up…

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
  • Ethernet-level networking, so discovery and broadcast protocols work across sites
  • End-to-end encryption with keys you control
  • Aimed at a single tailnet for self-hosters, not a multi-tenant deployment
  • No graphical administration interface in the core project
  • An account with the hosted controller unless you run your own
  • Relayed connections are free but slow when peer-to-peer fails
Self-hosted Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: BSD-3-Clause License: MPL-2.0
No account needed Account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked September 21, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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