Tailscale

Tailscale states its purpose in one line: private WireGuard networks made easy. This repository holds the majority of that open source code, principally the tailscaled daemon and the tailscale command line tool, which together form a node on the network.

Coverage differs by platform. The daemon runs on Linux, Windows and macOS, and to varying degrees on FreeBSD and OpenBSD. The iOS and Android apps are built from this code too, though the mobile interface code lives elsewhere, and the GUI wrappers shipped for closed platforms are not themselves open source.

Distribution is spread across several places.

• Packages: prebuilt packages for a range of distributions and platforms, served by the project.
• Separate repositories: the Android app, the Synology package, the QNAP package and Chocolatey packaging each live on their own.
• Source builds: a go install of the two commands is enough for personal use.
• Distribution builds: packagers are asked to use the supplied script so commit IDs and version information end up inside the binaries, which keeps bug reports useful.

Building always requires the most recent Go release, and while the project maintains its own Go fork for releases, using that fork is not a requirement. Contributions are welcome with a filed bug and a Developer Certificate of Origin sign off on every commit. WireGuard is a registered trademark of Jason A. Donenfeld.