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like netcat, but over Tailscale's data plane, without Tailscale's control plane

Open sourceCreated November 12, 2026

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BSD-3-Clause

Last commit Nov 5, 2026

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Best #10 · Nov 14

tailcat: A netcat-like CLI and Go library that connects machines over Tailscale's data plane without its control plane.

What problem it solves Tailcat provides netcat-style connections over an encrypted WireGuard tunnel while exchanging connection metadata out of band instead of relying on Tailscale's control plane. It lets users run without a Tailscale account, root or administrator access, or changes to machine routing and DNS. Key features Encrypted peer-to-peer tunnels — Tailcat creates point-to-point WireGuard…

github.comhttps://github.com/tailscale/tailcat