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I've always been on the outside looking in, so I've never used Tailscale or its open-source brethren. Would this service be comparable to Headscale[0]? [0] ht
by arcanemachiner 2y ago
I've always been on the outside looking in, so I've never used Tailscale or its open-source brethren.
Would this service be comparable to Headscale[0]?
[0] https://github.com/juanfont/headscale https://github.com/juanfont/headscale
- _lvbh 2y agoHeadscale is server only. Netbird is the whole stack (basically does the same thing but completely different software/implementation)
- bjackman 2y agoBut the tailscale client is open source too
- Imustaskforhelp 2y agoDoesn't that also then make tailscale completely open source?
- udev4096 2y agoWhat? The original coordination server, which is not running headscale, is closed source so yes, they are still a closed source company
- bjackman 2y agoNo their "real" backend is proprietary. Headscale is a separate implementation that they also maintain. It's intended for self-hosting your individual Tailnet. I'm assuming if you tried to use it as a corporate VPN you would run into limitations. Their clients for proprietary OSs are at least partly proprietary too. To be honest I find this all a very reasonable set of compromises. It means I'm comfortable using their proprietary service without feeling like I'm getting locked into a completely closed ecosystem.
- pilif 2y agoNot on Windows and iOS. And on the mac, the most useable client isn’t open source either.
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