ci: add build workflow for main branch

Build and push multi-arch container images (linux/amd64, linux/arm64) to GHCR and Docker Hub on every push to main that changes Go or Nix files. Images are tagged as main-<short-sha> using ko with the same distroless base image as release builds. Cross-compiled binaries for linux and darwin (amd64, arm64) are uploaded as workflow artifacts. The README links to these via nightly.link for stable download URLs.
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--- a/.github/workflows/container-main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/container-main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+---
+name: Build (main)
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths:
+      - "*.nix"
+      - "go.*"
+      - "**/*.go"
+      - ".github/workflows/container-main.yml"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.sha }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  container:
+    if: github.repository == 'juanfont/headscale'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      packages: write
+      contents: read
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+
+      - name: Login to DockerHub
+        uses: docker/login-action@5e57cd118135c172c3672efd75eb46360885c0ef # v3.6.0
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Login to GHCR
+        uses: docker/login-action@5e57cd118135c172c3672efd75eb46360885c0ef # v3.6.0
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - uses: nixbuild/nix-quick-install-action@2c9db80fb984ceb1bcaa77cdda3fdf8cfba92035 # v34
+      - uses: nix-community/cache-nix-action@135667ec418502fa5a3598af6fb9eb733888ce6a # v6.1.3
+        with:
+          primary-key: nix-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ hashFiles('**/*.nix',
+            '**/flake.lock') }}
+          restore-prefixes-first-match: nix-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}
+
+      - name: Set commit timestamp
+        run: echo "SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=$(git log -1 --format=%ct)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Build and push to GHCR
+        env:
+          KO_DOCKER_REPO: ghcr.io/juanfont/headscale
+          KO_DEFAULTBASEIMAGE: gcr.io/distroless/base-debian13
+          CGO_ENABLED: "0"
+        run: |
+          nix develop --command -- ko build \
+            --bare \
+            --platform=linux/amd64,linux/arm64 \
+            --tags=main-${GITHUB_SHA::7} \
+            ./cmd/headscale
+
+      - name: Push to Docker Hub
+        env:
+          KO_DOCKER_REPO: headscale/headscale
+          KO_DEFAULTBASEIMAGE: gcr.io/distroless/base-debian13
+          CGO_ENABLED: "0"
+        run: |
+          nix develop --command -- ko build \
+            --bare \
+            --platform=linux/amd64,linux/arm64 \
+            --tags=main-${GITHUB_SHA::7} \
+            ./cmd/headscale
+
+  binaries:
+    if: github.repository == 'juanfont/headscale'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - goos: linux
+            goarch: amd64
+          - goos: linux
+            goarch: arm64
+          - goos: darwin
+            goarch: amd64
+          - goos: darwin
+            goarch: arm64
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+
+      - uses: nixbuild/nix-quick-install-action@2c9db80fb984ceb1bcaa77cdda3fdf8cfba92035 # v34
+      - uses: nix-community/cache-nix-action@135667ec418502fa5a3598af6fb9eb733888ce6a # v6.1.3
+        with:
+          primary-key: nix-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ hashFiles('**/*.nix',
+            '**/flake.lock') }}
+          restore-prefixes-first-match: nix-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}
+
+      - name: Build binary
+        env:
+          CGO_ENABLED: "0"
+          GOOS: ${{ matrix.goos }}
+          GOARCH: ${{ matrix.goarch }}
+        run: nix develop --command -- go build -o headscale ./cmd/headscale
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@330a01c490aca151604b8cf639adc76d48f6c5d4 # v5.0.0
+        with:
+          name: headscale-${{ matrix.goos }}-${{ matrix.goarch }}
+          path: headscale
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -65,6 +65,25 @@ Please have a look at the [`documentation`](https://headscale.net/stable/).

 For NixOS users, a module is available in [`nix/`](./nix/).

+## Builds from `main`
+
+Each push to `main` automatically builds container images and binaries.
+These track the latest development state and are not versioned releases.
+
+**Container images** (multi-arch: amd64, arm64):
+
+- `ghcr.io/juanfont/headscale:main-<sha>`
+- `docker.io/headscale/headscale:main-<sha>`
+
+**Binary downloads** (latest successful build via [nightly.link](https://nightly.link/juanfont/headscale/workflows/container-main/main)):
+
+| OS    | Arch  | Download                                                                                                                   |
+| ----- | ----- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| Linux | amd64 | [headscale-linux-amd64](https://nightly.link/juanfont/headscale/workflows/container-main/main/headscale-linux-amd64.zip)   |
+| Linux | arm64 | [headscale-linux-arm64](https://nightly.link/juanfont/headscale/workflows/container-main/main/headscale-linux-arm64.zip)   |
+| macOS | amd64 | [headscale-darwin-amd64](https://nightly.link/juanfont/headscale/workflows/container-main/main/headscale-darwin-amd64.zip) |
+| macOS | arm64 | [headscale-darwin-arm64](https://nightly.link/juanfont/headscale/workflows/container-main/main/headscale-darwin-arm64.zip) |
+
 ## Talks

 - Fosdem 2026 (video): [Headscale & Tailscale: The complementary open source clone](https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/KYQ3LL-headscale-the-complementary-open-source-clone/)