Tailscale

Name: Tailscale
Author: SelfHostedCompare

The easiest, most secure way to use WireGuard and 2FA.

Pending verificationdrafted Oct 26, 2026VPN & Mesh NetworkingBSD-3-ClauseGo

Official site ↗Source code ↗

GitHub stars: 38,070; verified 2026-10-26
Docker pulls: 186,051,917
Forks: 3,358; verified 2026-10-26
Open issues: 4,776; verified 2026-10-26
Latest version: v1.104.2; verified 2026-10-26

Client platform matrix

Tailscale official and third-party clients across 8 platforms · 1 with an official client

Probed daily · last check 2026-10-26 01:16:49

Platform	Support	Client	Channels	Verified
iOS	Official	Tailscale	APP STORE	Data verified
Android	Not documented	Not documented	Not documented	Not documented
Android TV	Not documented	Not documented	Not documented	Not documented
Web	Not documented	Not documented	Not documented	Not documented
Windows	Not documented	Not documented	Not documented	Not documented
macOS	Not documented	Not documented	Not documented	Not documented
Linux	Not documented	Not documented	Not documented	Not documented
tvOS	Not documented	Not documented	Not documented	Not documented

About Tailscale

Tailscale is a WireGuard-based zero-trust connectivity platform (BSD-3-Clause, Go) that connects devices and users through an identity-based mesh VPN with ACLs, SSO and MagicDNS, replacing legacy VPNs for remote teams, multi-cloud, CI/CD and IoT (tailscale.com). The open-source client runs on iOS, Android, Windows, macOS and Linux (App Store, Homebrew, Snap, WinGet, Arch extra); Tailscale Inc. also operates a hosted coordination service with a free personal tier and paid business tiers — pricing pending human confirmation.

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Key facts

License: Data verified
Primary language: Data verified
Category: VPN & Mesh Networking
Official clients: 1 of 8 platforms
Third-party clients: 0
Deployment methods: 6
Repository: https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale
Homepage: https://tailscale.com
Documentation: Not documented

Deployment

verified Oct 26, 2026

# Tailscale — official deployment identifiers (database)
Docker             tailscale/tailscale                    official
Package (deb/rpm)  formula/tailscale                      official
Package (deb/rpm)  tailscale.canonical                    official
Package (deb/rpm)  Tailscale.Tailscale                    official
Package (deb/rpm)  extra/tailscale                        official
Build from source  —                                      official

tailscale/tailscale · https://hub.docker.com/r/tailscale/tailscale
formula/tailscale · https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/tailscale
tailscale.canonical · https://snapcraft.io/tailscale
Tailscale.Tailscale · https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/tree/master/manifests/t/Tailscale/Tailscale
extra/tailscale · https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/tailscale/
Build from source · https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale

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