r/Tailscale is a subreddit with 70k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses tailscale, network, vpn, dns, and connection, and they frequently recommend/review router.
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Popular Themes in r/Tailscale
#1
Solution Requests
: "Can Tailscale be used as an alternative to a regular VPN?"
26 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "How I stopped manually toggling Tailscale on/off and properly isolated my VPS with ACL + tags"
9 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Fake Tailscale site on Google Ads uses ClickFix to get you to execute malware yourself"
3 posts
#4
Ideas
: "I built an open-source CLI for the Tailscale API v2 (85 endpoints + MCP server for AI assistants)"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/Tailscale
#1
Tailscale
: "Aperture is exactly the kind of thing I hoped Tailscale would build"
328 posts
#2
Network
: "Trying to access router from outside Network"
65 posts
#3
Vpn
: "Can Tailscale be used as an alternative to a regular Vpn?"
37 posts
#4
Dns
: "PSA: Don't use CNAMEs pointing to Tailscale MagicDns hostnames, use A records instead"
21 posts
#5
Connection
: "How do I actually connect to my desktops SSH from my Mac with Tailscale?"
19 posts
#6
Docker
: "Tutorial: Docker with Tailscale 101"
16 posts
#7
Exit Node
: "Exit Node question"
14 posts
#8
Server
: "Simple wireguard into a tailnet?"
14 posts
#9
Security
: "How secure is Tailscale?"
10 posts
#10
Android
: "Unable to load Android app"
10 posts
Products Discussed in r/Tailscale
Router
2 reviews
#1
GL.iNet Beryl AX
5.0★ from 1 review
#2
GL.iNet Slate 7
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/Tailscale
#1
Question
: "What is a must-do for new people to Tailscale?"
73 posts
#2
Help Needed
: "How to use tailscale on a network where they blocked it?"
52 posts
#3
Discussion
: "Meet tailscale-rs, our new Rust library preview!"
39 posts
#4
Misc
: "Tailscale, but make it "Just Fucking Use""
22 posts
#5
Tailscale Blog
: "Let’s talk Aperture. AMA on May 5th"
1 post
Member Growth in r/Tailscale
Yearly
+30k members(74.5%)
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Last updated: June 12, 2026