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Not only are they funding open source, they are actively allowing users to host their own control plane via headscale which is a libre implementation of the tai

Not only are they funding open source, they are actively allowing users to host their own control plane via headscale which is a libre implementation of the tailscale control protocol and developed by an engineer who works for Tailscale by day. This instantly made me trust and like them, even if at first I was cautious because I naturally mistrust anything that gets a lot of hype. I've been running headscale on NixOS, hosting my own tailnet since last year and everything just works out of the box. Tailscale lives up to the hype! <3

xyst 2mo ago
The only nit on my end is that you have to configure a few settings on client and server to avoid sending diagnostics to TS. For macOS, you need to build the open source tailscale client. Or create file in esoteric file location to opt out using App Store. For iOS I don’t even think it’s possible to opt out.
- bradfitz 2mo ago
  Oh? I thought we added that option on iOS recently. I'll go check.
chillaranand 2mo ago
Important features like App Connectors won't work with HeadScale. Unfortunately, HeadScale is not a drop in replacement for TailScale. Most people don't realize this until they start self hosting. Due to this, I had to migrate from Tailscale to NetBird, which is completely open source. https://avilpage.com/2026/06/moving-from-tailscale-to-netbird.html https://avilpage.com/2026/06/moving-from-tailscale-to-netbir...
- miki123211 2mo ago
  Is this because HS hasn't implemented it yet (which is on the community), or because Tailscale does something to prevent them from working specifically?
  - serf 2mo ago
    it's a proposed and planned feature by the looks of it : https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/issues/1651 https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/issues/1651
  - the456gamer 2mo ago
    Is it on the community, when TS have said that they won't open source their control plane because HS is good enough / easier to run?

xyst 2mo ago

The only nit on my end is that you have to configure a few settings on client and server to avoid sending diagnostics to TS. For macOS, you need to build the open source tailscale client. Or create file in esoteric file location to opt out using App Store. For iOS I don’t even think it’s possible to opt out.

bradfitz 2mo ago
Oh? I thought we added that option on iOS recently. I'll go check.

chillaranand 2mo ago

Important features like App Connectors won't work with HeadScale. Unfortunately, HeadScale is not a drop in replacement for TailScale. Most people don't realize this until they start self hosting. Due to this, I had to migrate from Tailscale to NetBird, which is completely open source. https://avilpage.com/2026/06/moving-from-tailscale-to-netbird.html https://avilpage.com/2026/06/moving-from-tailscale-to-netbir...

miki123211 2mo ago
Is this because HS hasn't implemented it yet (which is on the community), or because Tailscale does something to prevent them from working specifically?
- serf 2mo ago
  it's a proposed and planned feature by the looks of it : https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/issues/1651 https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/issues/1651
- the456gamer 2mo ago
  Is it on the community, when TS have said that they won't open source their control plane because HS is good enough / easier to run?