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Everything in Tailscale is Open Source, except the GUI clients for proprietary OS (Windows and macOS/iOS), and the 'coordination/control server'. this is confu
by 2Gkashmiri 5y ago
Everything in Tailscale is Open Source, except the GUI clients for proprietary OS (Windows and macOS/iOS), and the 'coordination/control server'.
this is confusing. is the "control server" proprietary? is that headscale?
- tyingq 5y agoYes, the coordination/control server is closed source, and runs on Tailscale's servers. Headscale is a 3rd party, open source, self-hosted, replacement for that piece.
- 2Gkashmiri 5y agooh. this is great. thank you.
- Shish2k 5y agoAlso for anyone wondering, the desktop clients can be pointed to a custom control server (eg self-hosted headscale) relatively easily; but the android app needs to be edited / recompiled / sideloaded; and the iOS app can’t be pointed at a custom server at all :(