# DeedleFake/trayscale

An unofficial GUI wrapper around the Tailscale CLI client.

Repository: https://github.com/DeedleFake/trayscale
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/trayscale
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: tailscale, golang, hacktoberfest, linux, gtk4, libadwaita
Last push: 2026-09-02T22:49:37+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 100/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 100, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1619, "days_push": 0, "days_rel": 2, "gap_med": 4, "n_releases_24m": 30}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1016, forks 36 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:05.482448+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, vpn, networking
- domain: networking, privacy, security, self-hosted
- platform: go
- tags: tailscale, gtk4, libadwaita, flatpak, system-tray, mesh-vpn, wireguard, desktop-client, aur, linux, desktop, macos

## Member repositories
- DeedleFake/trayscale (main) score 100

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:05.482448+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 2026-08-30T07:11:54.410176+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/DeedleFake/trayscale (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:05.482448+00:00, sha 8b3ed208543c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.