091 | DIY Mesh VPN: Headscale and Self-Managed WireGuard

2025-08-23

When Control Matters Most

Services like Tailscale and NetBird are convenient, but they rely on a third-party control server responsible for authentication, key distribution, and route exchange. For those who, for security or privacy reasons, don’t want to entrust this function to anyone, there are two paths: Headscale and “pure” WireGuard.

Headscale: Your Own Tailscale

Headscale is a fully open-source implementation of Tailscale’s control server. It allows you to deploy your own Tailscale alternative on a VPS or server while still using the official Tailscale clients.