According to AlphaMoat, in 2026-09 the AI app Tailscale saw 409,085 downloads over the last 30 days — ranked #214 of 2,900 AI apps, and #5 of 64 in Programming; its top market is United States (12.0% of downloads).
What is Tailscale
Tailscale is a secure connectivity platform built on WireGuard. It brings identity to the network layer so access is granted by user, group, tag and device instead of IP address, and it replaces legacy hub and spoke VPNs with a lightweight mesh architecture that removes single points of failure.
- 01Identity-based access control with Zero Trust principles applied end to end
- 02mesh networking that eliminates single points of failure
- 03one platform for homelab and business VPN, workload connectivity across clouds and Kubernetes clusters, and Privileged Access Management (PAM)
- 04integrations with 100+ technologies and dozens of identity providers
- 05availability on Apple platforms including macOS, iOS and tvOS
Free to download from the App Store.
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Data month: 2026-09 · Downloads and in-app purchase revenue are third-party estimates (trailing 30-day window), aggregated monthly. Revenue covers App Store and Google Play in-app purchases (including subscriptions) only — excluding Android app stores in mainland China and other payment channels such as web subscriptions. See methodology.