Tailscale vs WG-Easy
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted remote access & vpn options
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare Tailscale with
choose an app… RustDesk frp Headscale Sunshine JumpServer Algo VPN NetBird localtunnel Neko Teleport GoTTY Moonlight Nebula ZeroTier Chisel Cockpit Termix OpenVPN Mosh rathole noVNC FreeRDP SoftEther VPN EasyTier ttyd Netmaker Sliver bore Apollo RustDesk Server Docker OpenVPN Firezone sshx Warpgate TigerVNC GOST MeshCentral n2n wstunnel Outline Server Webmin Next Terminal innernet Wetty KasmVNC WebSSH Remotely Pritunl Wirehole Nexterm zrok expose websockify Tactical RMM OpenZiti Webtop WireGuard Apache Guacamole Eternal Terminal pgrok Bastillion Sshwifty Shell In A Box strongSwan Xpra Headplane Defguard WebSSH2 Snowflake SSH Client tinc Games on Whales ShellHub Selkies Aspia tunnelmole ztncui Subspace WireGuard Portal wayvnc PyRDP docker-baseimage-gui trzsz boringproxy SSHPiper Upterm Kasm Workspaces Headscale-Admin Wesher x11vnc Neko Rooms CloudTTY OpenConnect Server Apache Guacamole Lite gTunnel X2Go Guacozy Engity's Bifröst Cardea RPort Neutrinet SparkView
Compare WG-Easy with
choose an app… RustDesk frp Headscale Sunshine JumpServer Algo VPN NetBird localtunnel Neko Teleport GoTTY Moonlight Nebula ZeroTier Chisel Cockpit Termix OpenVPN Mosh rathole noVNC FreeRDP SoftEther VPN EasyTier ttyd Netmaker Sliver bore Apollo RustDesk Server Docker OpenVPN Firezone sshx Warpgate TigerVNC GOST MeshCentral n2n wstunnel Outline Server Webmin Next Terminal innernet Wetty KasmVNC WireGuard UI WebSSH Remotely Pritunl Wirehole Nexterm zrok expose websockify Tactical RMM OpenZiti Webtop WireGuard Apache Guacamole Eternal Terminal pgrok Bastillion Sshwifty Shell In A Box strongSwan Xpra Headplane Defguard WebSSH2 Snowflake SSH Client tinc Games on Whales ShellHub Selkies Aspia tunnelmole ztncui Subspace WireGuard Portal wayvnc PyRDP docker-baseimage-gui trzsz boringproxy SSHPiper Upterm Kasm Workspaces Headscale-Admin Wesher x11vnc Neko Rooms CloudTTY OpenConnect Server Apache Guacamole Lite gTunnel X2Go Guacozy Engity's Bifröst Cardea RPort Neutrinet SparkView
Feature Tailscale WG-Easy Category Remote Access & VPN Remote Access & VPN License BSD-3-Clause AGPL-3.0 Language Go TypeScript Setup difficulty Easy Easy Min. RAM 64 MB 128 MB Deployment binary, bare-metal docker GitHub stars ★ 34,934 ★ 26,595 First released 2019 2021 Replaces ZeroTier OpenVPN Access Server
Why pick each one
Choose Tailscale if… Released under the BSD-3-Clause license Easy to set up — beginner-friendly Mature project with 34.9k GitHub stars Written in Go Tailscale details
Frequently asked questions Is Tailscale or WG-Easy better? Neither is universally better. Tailscale has the larger community; both share a easy setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.
Are Tailscale and WG-Easy free and open-source? Yes. Tailscale is licensed under BSD-3-Clause and WG-Easy under AGPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Tailscale and WG-Easy with Docker? Tailscale: check the project docs for container support. WG-Easy: yes.