# headscale
**Licence:** BSD-3-Clause | **Language:** Go | **Source:** https://github.com/juanfont/headscale
## Role
Self-hosted mesh VPN control server
## Why it's here
Tailscale's control plane, running on your hardware. Connect machines across networks without exposing anything publicly.
## Running it
Started by `docker compose up -d` on port 8082.
```bash
./fetch-sources.sh ./sources
tar xzf ./sources/headscale.tar.gz -C ./sources
```