←back to thread

An open source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server

(github.com)
345 points quyleanh | 2 comments | 03 Apr 25 00:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
Show context
pilif ◴[03 Apr 25 03:15 UTC] No.43564293[source]▶
Keep in mind that for many use cases (mobile access, GUI on macOS), this relies on the official Tailscale clients keeping the ability to set the control server.

The moment the inevitable enshitification will start at Tailscale, this feature will go away.

I’m saying this as a currently super happy Tailscale customer who was burned multiple times in the past by other companies being sold or running out of VC money

replies(3): >>43564474 #>>43569271 #>>43574311 #
risho ◴[03 Apr 25 03:42 UTC] No.43564474[source]▶
arent most of the the tailscale clients open source aside from the gui portion of the non open source os's?
replies(2): >>43565666 #>>43568599 #
1. pilif ◴[03 Apr 25 06:43 UTC] No.43565666[source]▶
Yes they are, unless you're using a mainstream OS and/or want to use a GUI, which is probably the most common use case.
replies(1): >>43567142 #
2. __float ◴[03 Apr 25 09:35 UTC] No.43567142[source]▶
While the GUI is somewhat helpful, at the end of the day it's not the key piece, and it could easily be rebuilt.