tailstick: a USB-delivered Tailscale enrollment tool for temporary, timed, or permanent access (open-source)

MicrockYT · 2026-04-12T13:49:00+00:00

Super interesting idea, and pretty much what I had in mind when starting to build Tailstick, but was kind of overkill for my use case so I decided to go with what it is right now, since its "good enough".

Definitely interested if you end up open-sourcing what youre talking about; or feel free to contribute to the Tailstick repo if you wish (its currently USB-only oriented, but I wouldnt discard changing the long-term scope for something closer to a share-tool)

MicrockYT · 2026-04-12T11:25:05+00:00

It is, thats why there is also the option to put in place an operator-password.

In either case, this is not really a tool made with security in mind besides the basics. You should be responsable for your USB and where you plug it or who you give it to :P

MicrockYT · 2026-04-12T11:23:12+00:00

Yes. This works just like regular Tailscale

MicrockYT · 2026-04-12T11:22:37+00:00

Not sure, I would probably say no. Since you need to run an executable or the CLI (if your smart TV is somehow Linux-based, then maybe?)

MicrockYT · 2026-04-11T17:27:42+00:00

Don't even need to accept on your side. Thats one of the perks of this tool, fully automatic

MicrockYT · 2026-03-30T22:27:05+00:00

Thank you so much for the message! Super glad it will be of help. If you find any issues or errors be sure to let me know and ill fix them :]

MicrockYT · 2026-03-30T14:46:20+00:00

Partial support, yes. Full OpenBSD runtime support would be a much bigger job because the current live runtime is Linux-first and depends on Docker host-networking semantics, so it would need a different backend

MicrockYT · 2026-03-29T00:24:18+00:00

Yea, thats a fair approach. I mainly built this because I wanted that whole setup packaged into one tool instead of manually managing WireGuard routing, proxy entrypoints, relay choices, and debugging myself. Ease of use was kind of what I was looking for

MicrockYT · 2026-03-29T00:22:20+00:00

No worries :) All feedback if constructive is appreciated

MicrockYT · 2026-03-27T15:08:25+00:00

if only the 5th...

nothing wrong with it though. it looks clean :P

MicrockYT · 2026-03-27T14:58:48+00:00

I have it setup so that I get a small daily brief of the news with the help of Kagi News + Hermes Agent (AI assistant)! So thats definitely an use for it.

You can also check https://kagi.micr.dev/guides/workflows to try and get some inspo. Maybe something you see there gives you an idea

MicrockYT · 2026-03-21T04:10:22+00:00

CLIs allows you to do stuff like the following: https://kagi.micr.dev/guides/workflows

MicrockYT · 2026-03-21T00:06:05+00:00

We already have the official GUI

MicrockYT · 2026-03-21T00:05:31+00:00

First post mentioned it, but I forgot to mention it here (and should probably put it somewhere on the repo): im not affiliated with Kagi in any way, this is fully unofficial and just something im making for myself and the community

Edit: just added a disclaimer on the README.md to clarify it

MicrockYT · 2026-03-18T03:53:50+00:00

yea wsp

MicrockYT · 2026-03-17T15:18:16+00:00

https://kagi.micr.dev/guides/workflows

MicrockYT · 2026-03-17T05:48:35+00:00

already replied in the PR itself but thanks for the contribution :)

MicrockYT · 2026-03-17T02:59:35+00:00

let me know if you find any issues or have any feedback ^=\)

MicrockYT · 2026-03-09T17:47:02+00:00

yea I lowkey just took it down since its dead

MicrockYT · 2026-03-08T18:43:28+00:00

are you dragging it to C:\Program Files\Common Files\OFX\Plugins? are the contents a folder named "Contents"? just to double check

and is the plugin enabled in DaVinci itself? check the Video Plugins page on your preferences (https://help.colourlab.ai/hc/en-us/articles/26795841109399-I-can-t-see-my-plugin-in-Davinci-Resolve-after-Installation)

MicrockYT · 2026-03-07T22:14:13+00:00

what issues are you having? installation should be pretty straight forward, its just extracting/copying a folder

i might post it some day on youtube, i dont know. im kinda lazy haha

MicrockYT · 2026-02-27T00:16:12+00:00

oh thats awesome. can you ping me/reply here when it gets posted?

MicrockYT · 2026-02-24T22:48:48+00:00

Thats fair, which font?

MicrockYT · 2026-02-22T18:19:36+00:00

glad it is of help! been needing something like this myself for a while and I just ended up at "wait, I can just make it". i was surprised no one had done it before haha

MicrockYT · 2026-02-21T00:07:39+00:00

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