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Besides being free software, how does this differ from Tailscale ?


Considering the chronology, this would more correctly be phrased as:

Besides not being free software, how does Tailscale differ from tinc?


Well, you have the Headscale implementation if you want to go full free software.

But, for starters, Tinc is Layer 2 and TS/HS (WireGuard in reality) is Layer 3. TS/HS configuration is centrally managed, you don't have to touch anything on the clients. I think Tailscale hole punching works better, but also it might depend on your situation (DERP servers are nice, but maybe you can just add a Tinc node).

These are HS available features that I think are not available in Tinc:

  Split DNS
  Node registration Single-Sign-On / Pre authenticated key
  Taildrop (File Sharing)
  Access control lists
  MagicDNS
  Routing advertising (including exit nodes)
  Ephemeral nodes
  Embedded DERP server
But maybe you don't need that, and you rather have Layer 2 and use broadcast messages. So it depends on your needs.




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