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innernet vs headscale: catalog facts
innernetheadscale
Free

Free and open source under the MIT licence.

Free

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

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

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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