Why hackers moved from Tailscale to nebula
1 hacker described this switch in public comments. Their words, with links to the originals.
What hackers said about the move
“In contrast, Nebula, another Go peer-to-peer project encourages peers to run their own rendezvous server”1vuio0pswjnm7, 2026-08-27original comment ↗
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Tailscale vs nebula
| Tailscale | nebula | |
|---|---|---|
| Hackers who recommend | 1 | 1 |
| Hackers who criticize | 2 | 0 |
| Moved away from it | 3 | 0 |
| Moved to it | 1 | 1 |
Counts are distinct hackers in the sampled comments, not market share.
Criticism of Tailscale
“I switched from Tailscale to Netbird purely because of Tailscale's bizarre pricing tiers”drcongo, 2026-09-18original comment ↗
“I switched from Tailscale a while ago (2y), went fully self-hosted”regisso, 2026-02-01original comment ↗
Praise for nebula
No further praise for nebula captured yet.