Mobile app · Security & privacy

TailSocks

Unofficial Tailscale client: local SOCKS5/HTTP proxy, optional VPN, root mode.

Completely free
Android
Open source

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by F-Droid
License: BSD-3-Clause — Open source (permissive)confirmed by F-Droid
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by F-Droid
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by F-Droid
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: No
Platforms: AndroidEstablished by Android: F-Droid
Distribution: Available on F-Droid
Publisher: bropines
Latest version: 5.6.0 (4 November 2026)
Latest activity: 6 November 2026
Source code: github.com/bropines/tailsocks

Overview

Features described in its F-Droid listing and in its GitHub repository: self-hosting on your own server and data encryption.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“It works with Tailscale's own coordination server and with a self-hosted Headscale server.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
“Encrypted backups and per-account export” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026

At a glance

TailSocks is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (BSD-3-Clause) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

Open source code
No advertising
Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

Facts collected from F-Droid (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, ads, commercial use, version) — 6 November 2026
Last technical check: 6 November 2026
Description from F-Droid — F-Droid (citation courte)

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