Connect home, office, and cloud servers into a single secure network
Devices in different locations can connect to each other as if they were in the same room. It is based on the WireGuard protocol but connects automatically after installation without complex configuration. This repository contains the source code for the core engine, including the daemon and command-line tools.
Open-source core components
This repository contains most of Tailscale's open-source code. The tailscaled daemon, which runs in the system background, and the tailscale CLI tool, used for entering commands in the terminal, are the core components. These two components are fully supported on Linux, Windows, and macOS, and partially work on FreeBSD and OpenBSD. The mobile apps for iOS and Android also use code from this repository, but the mobile-specific graphical interface code is not included here.
Installation and build process
General users can install it without building separately because packages are provided for each distribution and platform. Developers or distribution packagers who build it directly need the latest Go version, Go 1.27. It can be installed easily with the go install command. When creating distribution binaries, it is recommended to use the build_dist.sh script to record the commit ID and version information in the binary. This includes useful version information for bug reports.
Other clients and related repositories
The macOS, iOS, and Windows clients are based on the code in this repository but include additional small GUI wrappers for each platform. The GUI wrappers for non-open-source platforms are not open source. Code for other clients or packaging, such as the Android app, Synology package, QNAP package, and Chocolatey packaging, is managed in separate repositories.
Contributions and legal notices
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome, and commit messages must reference the bug and include a Developer Certificate of Origin sign-off line. WireGuard is a registered trademark of Jason A. Donenfeld. This repository provides the core code and guidelines needed to understand Tailscale's open-source policy and development status.
