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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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.