What problem it solves

The project provides the core tooling for setting up private WireGuard networks. It contains the `tailscaled` daemon for running network connectivity and the `tailscale` CLI for interacting with it across supported desktop and Unix platforms.

Key features

• Daemon and CLI — The repository includes the `tailscaled` daemon and the `tailscale` command-line tool as the primary components for working with the network.

  Source: README, cmd

• Cross-platform daemon — The daemon supports Linux, Windows, macOS, and, to varying degrees, FreeBSD and OpenBSD.

  Source: README

• Mobile client code — The iOS and Android apps use code from this repository, although the mobile graphical interface code is not included.

  Source: README

• Distribution packaging — The project provides packages for a variety of distributions and platforms and includes a distribution build script that embeds commit IDs and version information in binaries.

  Source: README, build_dist.sh

Quick start

Copied verbatim from the project's README.

go install tailscale.com/cmd/tailscale{,d}

./build_dist.sh tailscale.com/cmd/tailscale
./build_dist.sh tailscale.com/cmd/tailscaled

Who it may suit

This may suit developers and technical users who want to build the daemon and CLI, contribute to the networking codebase, or package the tools for a distribution.

Topics to discuss

• Which additional features or integrations should be prioritized for the daemon and CLI?

• How can the build and distribution workflow be made clearer for different packaging environments?

• What areas of the codebase need improved documentation or more contributor guidance?

Written by ReadmeX AI from the project's README, source and public GitHub data; it may contain mistakes.

Read the original README https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale#readme

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