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Headplane

Advanced web UI and control panel for Headscale

Remote Access & VPN ★ 3.1k stars Easy setup MPL-2.0

Headplane is a feature-rich web user interface for managing a self-hosted Headscale coordination server, including ACL editing and machine management. It runs as a small container alongside Headscale.

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Key features

  • Headscale management UI
  • ACL editor
  • Machine controls
  • Docker deployment

Strengths

  • Released under the MPL-2.0 license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Active community (3.1k GitHub stars)

Is Headplane secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect Headplane's latest release (v0.8.0). OSV.dev lists 1 past advisory for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2026-46484, published 2026-06-08 (128 days ago), fixed in 0.6.3, 0.7.0-beta.3

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

Headplane replaces

Self-hosted Tailscale Admin Console alternatives

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SelfHostIndex: 90 · excellent

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