Headplane
Advanced web UI and control panel for Headscale
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.
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 (2.8k GitHub stars)
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