Self-Hosted Alternatives to Popular Services

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/No-Aide6547 on 2025-11-28 09:42:21+00:00.

So i'm relatively new to this hobby and was just thinking about opening my homelab to the internet and because i've read a lot about people praising tailscale in here I took a look at theit documentation.

And turns out they are a private company and you would use their proprietary servers? A VC funded company??? Are y'all selfhosting this with something like headscale? Or are you really trusting that they are "different than the others"?

Have to say that i'm a little disappointed, but still interested in how you are dealing with this.