DeedleFake/trayscale
An unofficial GUI wrapper around the Tailscale CLI client. observed · 2026-09-03
Health v2 · maintenance only
100/100
- Activity 100
- Release rhythm 100
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 4
- age_days: 1619
- days_rel: 2
- days_push: 0
- n_releases_24m: 30
Adoption not part of the score
1016 stars · 36 forks observed · 2026-09-03
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Trayscale is an unofficial GTK4/libadwaita GUI for the Tailscale daemon, built primarily for Linux desktops where no official graphical client exists. It provides a system tray icon and a comprehensive UI that wraps the tailscale CLI and tailscaled daemon to manage connections and most Tailscale features.
Use cases
- manage tailscale through a gui on linux
- tailscale system tray icon for gnome or other desktops
- graphical client for my tailscale vpn instead of the cli
- toggle tailscale exit nodes without typing commands
- control tailscaled from a linux desktop app
- unofficial tailscale client with a settings ui
When to choose
- You run Tailscale on a Linux desktop and want a GUI and tray icon rather than CLI commands
- You use a GTK/libadwaita desktop like GNOME and want a native-feeling client
- You want easy installation via Flathub, the AUR, or Nixpkgs
When to avoid
- You need an officially supported client with vendor backing and guarantees
- You need a working tray icon on macOS, which is untested and unsupported by the developer
- You are comfortable with the tailscale CLI and don't need a graphical interface
- You need a mobile or Windows client, for which official Tailscale apps exist
Facets
application · maturity active
gui vpn networking networking privacy security self-hosted go tailscale gtk4 libadwaita flatpak system-tray mesh-vpn wireguard desktop-client aur linux desktop macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/DeedleFake/trayscale · fetched 2026-09-03 · 8b3ed208543c
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| DeedleFake/trayscale | main | 100 |
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