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Go source for Tailscale's tailscaled daemon and tailscale CLI, which build private WireGuard mesh networks between devices.

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Use this if you want to read, build, or package the open-source core of Tailscale rather than the hosted service. It runs on Linux, Windows, macOS, and partially on FreeBSD and OpenBSD, and mobile clients share its code. The GUI wrappers for some platforms are not open source.

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2026-10-20 · 37,825 ★ 2026-10-23 · 37,973 ★
LanguageGo
LicenseBSD-3-Clause
Created2020-01-31 (6y ago)
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# Tailscale
https://tailscale.com
Private WireGuard® networks made easy
## Overview
This repository contains the majority of Tailscale's open source code.
Notably, it includes the `tailscaled` daemon and
the `tailscale` CLI tool. The `tailscaled` daemon runs on Linux, Windows,
macOS, and to varying degrees
on FreeBSD and OpenBSD. The Tailscale iOS and Android apps use this repo's
code, but this repo doesn't contain the mobile GUI code.
Other Tailscale repos of note:
* the Android app is at https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale-android
* the Synology package is at https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale-synology
* the QNAP package is at https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale-qpkg
* the Chocolatey packaging is at https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale-chocolatey
For background on which parts of Tailscale are open source and why,
see https://tailscale.com/opensource/.
## Using
We serve packages for a variety of distros and platforms at
https://pkgs.tailscale.com.
## Other clients
The macOS, iOS, and Windows clients
use the code in this repository but additionally include small GUI
wrappers. The GUI wrappers on non-open source platforms are themselves
not open source.
## Building
We always require the latest Go release, currently Go 1.27. (While we build
releases with our Go fork, its use is not
required.)
 [code] 
If you're packaging Tailscale for distribution, use `build_dist.sh`
instead, to burn commit IDs and version info into the binaries:
 [code] 
If your distro has conventions that preclude the use of
`build_dist.sh`, please do the equivalent of what it does in your
distro's way, so that bug reports contain useful version information.
## Bugs
Please file any issues about this code or the hosted service on
the issue tracker.
## Contributing
PRs welcome! But please file bugs. Commit messages should reference
bugs.
We require Developer Certificate of
Origin
`Signed-off-by` lines in commits.
See commit-messages.md (or skim `git log`) for our commit message style.
## About Us
Tailscale is primarily developed by the
people at https://github.com/orgs/tailscale/people. For other contributors,
see:
* https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/graphs/contributors
* https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale-android/graphs/contributors
## Legal
WireGuard is a registered trademark of Jason A. Donenfeld.

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