Active OSI-approved OSS Security VPN & Network Security

Tailscale

Zero-config VPN built on WireGuard

Data confidence100/100
Source coverage100/100
Publish confidence100/100
Pricing checked2026-05-16
Score Breakdown

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These bars are a reader-facing view of the ToolVitals evidence model. They summarize maintenance, shipping, confidence, and decay signals. Hosted pricing evidence is shown separately.

Activity
Recent commits, releases, changelog, package, and product-motion signals.
Reliability
Maintenance posture from recency, release evidence, availability, and repo signals.
Adoption
Public footprint from GitHub stars, forks, and watchers when available.
Sustainability
Longer-term posture combining health, activity, adoption, confidence, and decay risk.
ToolVitals98/100Health96/100Shipping100/100Zombie Risk0/100
Overall Score 98 Active
Activity 100
Reliability 96
Adoption 90
Sustainability 97

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About this tool

What ToolVitals knows about Tailscale

Zero-config VPN built on WireGuard

This tool has an OSI-approved open-source license signal.

Maintenance and shipping signals are strong.

Source-visible project VPN & Network Security OSI-approved OSS Scored Intelligence
Repository

GitHub Activity

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tailscale/tailscale
Stars 32,342
Forks 2,634
Watchers 32,342
Open Issues 4,337
Primary Language
Go
Last Commit
Today
Releases 90d
6
Default Branch
main
License
BSD-3-Clause
Repository Status
Active repository
Evidence

Signal Quality

Data Confidence 100/100 Strong
Source Coverage 100/100 Strong
Publish Confidence 100/100 Strong

ConfidenceHigh-confidence score from multiple public signals.

Zombie RiskNo meaningful zombie signal right now.

How ToolVitals scores work
Openness

License Evidence

Class
OSI-approved OSS
License
BSD-3-Clause
Pricing Scope
Hosted cloud pricing

This tool has an OSI-approved open-source license signal.

Sources

Tracked Sources

Profile

Classification

Category
Security
Use Case
VPN & Network Security
Openness
OSI-approved OSS
License
BSD-3-Clause
Pricing Scope
Hosted cloud pricing
Tool Mode
Source-visible project
Score Model
Open Source Maintenance
Score Visibility
Scored Intelligence
Status
Active
Founded
2019
Hosted Pricing

Pricing Evidence

Scope
Hosted cloud pricing
Free Tier
Available
Currency
USD
Tracked Plans
0
Last Checked
May 16, 2026
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vpnmesh-networkingopen-source2faoauthssotailscalewireguard

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