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What tools do creators use alongside Tailscale?

A basic Tailscale setup on Linux has three parts: install the client, authenticate the device with tailscale up, then check its address and connection state. Tailscale SSH is an optional step and should be enabled only when you intend to use it. In the receipt data, GitHub is the most common tool used by the same tracked creators who use Tailscale: 5 shared creators. Co-usage shows what the same people use. It does not prove that two tools connect to each other or belong in every Tailscale setup.

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Setup guide

A practical starting point

  1. Step 1

    Install the Linux client

    Tailscale supports common apt, yum and zypper based distributions. Its docs also provide package-specific steps if you do not want to pipe a script into a shell.

    curl -fsSL https://tailscale.com/install.sh | sh

  2. Step 2

    Join the tailnet

    The command prints a login URL. Authenticate there, then confirm the machine in the admin console.

    sudo tailscale up

  3. Step 3

    Verify the connection

    Check the assigned Tailscale addresses and the current peers before relying on the connection.

    tailscale ip
tailscale status

  4. Step 4

    Enable Tailscale SSH only if needed

    This switches on SSH access through the tailnet. Access rules still belong in the tailnet policy.

    sudo tailscale set --ssh

Official sources:Tailscale docs: install on Linux ↗Tailscale docs: tailscale up ↗

Setup anchor

Tailscale

Builds a private network between your own machines without port forwarding or a classic VPN server.

5 creators with public receipts · 5 receipts

Observed together

Tools used alongside Tailscale

  1. 1
    GitHubDeveloper Tools

    Git hosting and collaboration platform for source code, issues, pull requests and CI.

    5 shared creators · 53 active creators overall

    “I open-sourced my agent skills repo on github.” - David Ondrejsource ↗

    receipts →
  2. 2
    ChatGPTAI Assistants

    OpenAI's conversational AI assistant for text, images, voice and code, with custom GPTs, web browsing and data analysis. The most widely used consumer AI chat product; paid tiers unlock newer models and higher limits.

    4 shared creators · 67 active creators overall

    receipts →
  3. 3
    GitHub CopilotAI Assistants

    AI pair-programmer that suggests whole lines and functions inside the editor as you type.

    4 shared creators · 55 active creators overall

    receipts →
  4. 4
    ClaudeAI Assistants

    Anthropic's AI assistant for writing, analysis, coding and agentic work, available on web, desktop and mobile plus an API. Known for long context windows, Artifacts and the Claude Code terminal agent.

    3 shared creators · 75 active creators overall

    receipts →
  5. 5
    CoderabbitDeveloper Tools

    AI code-review assistant that posts line-by-line feedback and summaries on pull requests.

    3 shared creators · 13 active creators overall

    receipts →
  6. 6
    ObsidianNote-taking & PKM

    Local-first Markdown note app built around bidirectional links and a graph view. Notes are plain files on disk, extended by thousands of community plugins. Optional paid services add end-to-end-encrypted sync and web publishing.

    3 shared creators · 12 active creators overall

    “In this video, i'll show you how to connect Hermes Agent to Obsidian” - David Ondrejsource ↗

    receipts →
  7. 7
    HostingerWebsite Builders & Publishing

    Provider of web hosting, domains and virtual servers.

    2 shared creators · 18 active creators overall

    receipts →
  8. 8
    CursorDeveloper Tools

    AI-first code editor (a VS Code fork) with built-in chat, codebase-aware edits and agentic coding.

    2 shared creators · 18 active creators overall

    “Cursor 3.0 is here — and if you've never used it before, this is the only video you need.” - Tech With Timsource ↗

    receipts →
  9. 9
    HermesAI Assistants

    Tool for running your own AI agents on Claude models outside of Claude Code.

    2 shared creators · 12 active creators overall

    receipts →
  10. 10
    DockerDeveloper Tools

    Packages an application with its dependencies into a container so it runs the same everywhere.

    2 shared creators · 11 active creators overall

    receipts →
  11. 11
    PythonDeveloper Tools

    Programming language with readable syntax, common in data work, AI and automation.

    2 shared creators · 11 active creators overall

    receipts →
  12. 12
    GLM 5.2AI Assistants

    Language model from Zhipu AI, used through the Z.ai assistant, built for long task chains and coding.

    2 shared creators · 10 active creators overall

    “GLM 5.2 is one of the best open source models available right now” - Tech With Timsource ↗

    receipts →
  13. 13
    SerpApiDeveloper Tools

    API that returns search engine results as structured data, handling proxies and captchas.

    2 shared creators · 6 active creators overall

    receipts →
  14. 14
    CodexDeveloper Tools

    OpenAI's coding agent. It works on a repository, carries out tasks on its own and proposes the result as a pull request.

    1 shared creator · 31 active creators overall

    “Working in a Jupyter notebook in PyCharm, the Codex agent handles the data cleaning” - Tech With Timsource ↗

    receipts →
  15. 15
    InstagramCommunity

    Meta's platform for photos, short video and direct messages.

    1 shared creator · 24 active creators overall

    “Follow me on Instagram” - David Ondrejsource ↗

    receipts →
  16. 16
    Google Search

    Google's web search.

    1 shared creator · 23 active creators overall

    receipts →

Why Tailscale is the anchor

These public receipts establish who uses Tailscale. The companion list above then counts active tools used by those same creators.

VPN/Tailscale
Tech With Tim·Video6:40Organicsource
report

Corrections are reviewed and versioned. Thank you.

FREE resources for setting up Tailscale
David Ondrej·VideoOrganicsource
report

Corrections are reviewed and versioned. Thank you.

Hosted my own data instead of Google Drive/Dropbox
Reysu·Video4:00Organicsource
report

Corrections are reviewed and versioned. Thank you.

Stop Using Tailscale.
DevOps Toolbox·VideoOrganicsource
report

Corrections are reviewed and versioned. Thank you.

Thanks Tailscale for making this video possible! 🙌

The current sample includes 5 visible creator records. Counts in the ranking use the full active adoption table, not only this sample.

Questions

What tools do creators use alongside Tailscale?
A basic Tailscale setup on Linux has three parts: install the client, authenticate the device with tailscale up, then check its address and connection state. Tailscale SSH is an optional step and should be enabled only when you intend to use it. GitHub is the most common companion in this dataset: 5 tracked creators use both Tailscale and GitHub. The list uses public, receipt-backed creator activity and updates as new sources are approved.
Does co-usage mean these tools integrate with each other?
No. Co-usage only means that the same tracked creator has active usage records for both tools. It does not prove a technical connection, a shared workflow or a recommendation.
How are sponsored mentions handled?
Every public receipt carries an organic, sponsored or ambiguous label. Paid mentions stay visible, but payment never changes the order of this list.