Tailscale, explained

Why a private network

Your workspace is not on the public internet, so nobody else can find or reach it. Tailscale, a free app, connects your own devices to it from anywhere.

Cannot install apps on your devices? Choose a public web address with two-factor sign-in instead.

Creating your account

Tailscale has no email signup. At tailscale.com, sign up with Google, Microsoft, GitHub or Apple, using the identity that owns the email you gave at onboarding. It is free for personal use.

Installing it

Windows / Mac: install from tailscale.com, sign in with the same identity, and leave it running.
iPhone / Android: install the Tailscale app, sign in with the same identity, and keep its VPN toggle on. It carries only your workspace traffic.

Accepting your invite

Open the invite from your status page or Tailscale’s email, sign in if asked, and accept. Every device signed in to that Tailscale account can then open your workspace.

Teammates

Invite them under Users → Invite user and tick Also invite to the private network. Each teammate accepts their own Tailscale invite.

If the workspace does not load

Is Tailscale running on this device, with the VPN toggle on?
Are you signed in to the Tailscale identity that accepted the invite?
Did you accept the invite? Your status page shows it.