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Headscale is server only. Netbird is the whole stack (basically does the same thing but completely different software/implementation)

• bjackman 2y ago
  But the tailscale client is open source too
  • Imustaskforhelp 2y ago
    Doesn't that also then make tailscale completely open source?
    • udev4096 2y ago
      What? The original coordination server, which is not running headscale, is closed source so yes, they are still a closed source company
    • bjackman 2y ago
      No 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 ago
    Not on Windows and iOS. And on the mac, the most useable client isn’t open source either.