Tailscale vs WireGuard

Discussions compare Tailscale, which builds on WireGuard for convenience and management, to plain WireGuard setups, debating benefits like ease of use versus full control and performance.

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Sample Comments

screamingninja • Apr 8, 2024 • View on HN

Have you considered wireguard / tailscale?

hashamali • May 27, 2020 • View on HN

Very cool! How does this compare with Tailscale which utilizes Wireguard under the hood?

mikojan • Jan 7, 2026 • View on HN

Why Tailscale instead of plain wireguard?

bauruine • Sep 18, 2024 • View on HN

Why use Tailscale if you can just setup a WireGuard tunnel?

fragmede • Aug 28, 2024 • View on HN

Tailscale is wireguard underneath and does all that managing for you.

wernerb • Jan 14, 2022 • View on HN

Wireguard is performant, tailscale makes it convenient

rane • Jan 5, 2025 • View on HN

What do you need Tailscale for? Why isn't Wireguard enough?

Orou • Jan 22, 2022 • View on HN

Are there any major benefits to using Tailscale over vanilla Wireguard?

cpach • Jan 6, 2023 • View on HN

One option is to use Tailscale or plain Wireguard.

omnicognate • Jan 22, 2022 • View on HN

I haven't looked into Tailscale but I do that with plain Wireguard and it's awesome.