Move the container image and binary download details from the README into a dedicated documentation page at setup/install/main. This gives development builds a proper home in the docs site alongside the other install methods. The README now links to the docs page instead.
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Development builds
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Development builds are created automatically from the latest `main` branch
and are **not versioned releases**. They may contain incomplete features,
breaking changes, or bugs. Use them for testing only.
Each push to main produces container images and cross-compiled binaries.
Container images are multi-arch (amd64, arm64) and use the same distroless
base image as official releases.
Container images
Images are available from both Docker Hub and GitHub Container Registry, tagged
with the short commit hash of the build (e.g. main-abc1234):
- Docker Hub:
docker.io/headscale/headscale:main-<sha> - GitHub Container Registry:
ghcr.io/juanfont/headscale:main-<sha>
To find the latest available tag, check the GitHub Actions workflow or the GitHub Container Registry package page.
For example, to run a specific development build:
docker run \
--name headscale \
--detach \
--read-only \
--tmpfs /var/run/headscale \
--volume "$(pwd)/config:/etc/headscale:ro" \
--volume "$(pwd)/lib:/var/lib/headscale" \
--publish 127.0.0.1:8080:8080 \
--publish 127.0.0.1:9090:9090 \
--health-cmd "CMD headscale health" \
docker.io/headscale/headscale:main-<sha> \
serve
See Running headscale in a container for full container setup instructions.
Binaries
Pre-built binaries from the latest successful build on main are available
via nightly.link:
| OS | Arch | Download |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | amd64 | headscale-linux-amd64 |
| Linux | arm64 | headscale-linux-arm64 |
| macOS | amd64 | headscale-darwin-amd64 |
| macOS | arm64 | headscale-darwin-arm64 |
After downloading, make the binary executable and follow the standalone binary installation instructions for setting up the service.