# tale/headplane

A feature-complete Web UI for Headscale

Repository: https://github.com/tale/headplane
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/headplane
Homepage: https://headplane.net
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: headscale, react, tailscale
Last push: 2026-08-25T21:14:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 85/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 79, longevity 64
- inputs: {"age_days": 899, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 60, "gap_med": 76, "n_releases_24m": 6}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2897, forks 228 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:28.704010+00:00)

## What it is
Headplane is a feature-complete web UI for Headscale, the self-hosted alternative to Tailscale's WireGuard-based VPN coordination server. It provides an admin dashboard for managing nodes, ACLs, DNS settings, and OIDC single sign-on, plus browser-based SSH to tailnet machines.

## Use cases
- manage headscale nodes from a web interface
- edit tailscale ACLs without editing config files
- add a web dashboard to self-hosted tailscale
- configure DNS settings for headscale
- set up OIDC single sign-on for headscale users
- ssh into tailnet machines from the browser
- administer a self-hosted wireguard vpn

## When to choose
- you run Headscale and want a Tailscale-like admin dashboard
- you need ACL, DNS, and machine management without CLI access
- you want OIDC SSO and browser SSH for your tailnet

## When to avoid
- you use official Tailscale rather than self-hosted Headscale
- you prefer managing everything through the headscale CLI
- you need a production-grade deployment but can only run limited mode

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, auth, web-framework, self-hosted, developer-tools
- domain: networking, self-hosted, security, web-development, privacy
- platform: self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: headscale, tailscale, wireguard, vpn, admin-dashboard, oidc, react, typescript, web-ssh, acl-management, web-server, docker, nodejs

## Member repositories
- tale/headplane (main) score 85

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:28.704010+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:35:15.005193+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tale/headplane (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:28.704010+00:00, sha 27d2b38d9d2e)
  - homepage: https://headplane.net (fetched 2026-08-29T09:50:30.446246+00:00, sha fcbd9099f54d)
  - site_page: https://headplane.net/install (fetched 2026-08-29T09:50:30.451825+00:00, sha db6e8b08f27d)
  - site_page: https://headplane.net/CHANGELOG (fetched 2026-08-29T09:50:30.448998+00:00, sha aed7c958913c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.