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tailscale

brew install tailscale v1.98.5 BSD-3-Clause

Zero Trust VPN client and daemon built on WireGuard, providing secure encrypted connectivity across devices and networks.

Why you might care

Tailscale simplifies secure remote access without exposing ports or managing complex firewall rules—ideal for connecting distributed teams, IoT devices, and cloud resources with minimal configuration. It's a drop-in alternative to traditional VPNs or SSH jump hosts, offering automatic encryption and easy device management via a centralized dashboard. Used as both a standalone CLI tool and daemon for system-wide network integration.

Categories

vpn networking ssh

Alternatives

WireGuard OpenVPN ZeroTier
12.9k
30-day installs · #315
36.5k
90-day · #337
193.5k
365-day · #290

Build dependencies

go

Links

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