#972439 RFP: tailscale -- wireguard overlay network manager (client)

Package:
wnpp
Source:
wnpp
Submitter:
Leo Antunes
Date:
2026-05-01 18:01:01 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#972439#5
Date:
2020-10-18 15:16:36 UTC
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* Package name    : tailscale
  Version         : v1.0.3
  Upstream Author : Tailscale Inc. <info@tailscale.com>
* URL             : https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale
* License         : BSD
  Programming Lang: Go
  Description     : wireguard overlay network manager (client)

Client for the Tailscale™ wireguard overlay network service.
.
Tailscale provides a centralized service for managing wireguard
connection across a fleet of machines.
#972439#10
Date:
2023-04-13 12:32:56 UTC
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It would be great to have tailscale in Debian!

I asked upstream tailscale, but it looks like they won't do it
themselves: https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/7847

Anyone else up for packaging it?
#972439#19
Date:
2023-09-13 04:12:15 UTC
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retitle 972439 RFP: tailscale -- wireguard overlay network manager (client)
thanks

I'm refraining from packaging tailscale for Debian.
I ITP'ed without looking further, as I was excited to hack it during the going on Debconf.

Status:

 - Among its direct dependencies, 39 will need to be packaged.
 - I had a quick look at them, and many will have extra dependencies to be packaged as well.
 - Then I looked at the upstream view on a official Debian package for tailscale and got some extra discouragement:

https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/7847#issuecomment-1503731931

All in all, I wish good luck to the brave one who takes on this job.
#972439#30
Date:
2026-04-11 15:06:42 UTC
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control: retitle 972439 ITP: golang-tailscale.com-tailscale -- wireguard overlay network manager (client)
control: owner 972439 aerusso@aerusso.net

I have a local packaging of this (albeit with a few features turned off) [1].
It is NOT ready for debian, but it does work.  I also need to build the library
files for headscale, so this is not going to just be a leaf package.

I just noticed [2].  Is this doing anything?

Depending on how much vendoring is allowed, this could be relatively easy (i.e.,
just a matter of getting the copyright file fully filled).

Best,
Antonio

[1] https://salsa.debian.org/aerusso/golang-tailscale.com-tailscale

[2] https://salsa.debian.org/go-team/packages/tailscale
#972439#39
Date:
2026-05-01 17:52:27 UTC
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Hi.


Just stumbled up on this during a discord chat.

Tailscale exists in the extrepo package
https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=extrepo

which in its turn puts in tailscales official repo into the your sources
https://salsa.debian.org/extrepo-team/extrepo-data/-/blob/master/repos/debian/tailscale.yaml



/Stefan Grönberg