headscale/docs/setup/install/community.md
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Restructure headscale documentation (#2163)
* Setup mkdocs-redirects

* Restructure existing documentation

* Move client OS support into the documentation

* Move existing Client OS support table into its own documentation page
* Link from README.md to the rendered documentation
* Document minimum Tailscale client version

* Reuse CONTRIBUTING.md" in the documentation

* Include "CONTRIBUTING.md" from the repository root
* Update FAQ and index page and link to the contributing docs

* Add configuration reference

* Add a getting started page and explain the first steps with headscale

* Use the existing "Using headscale" sections and combine them into a
  single getting started guide with a little bit more explanation.
* Explain how to get help from the command line client.
* Remove duplicated sections from existing installation guides

* Document requirements and assumptions

* Document packages provided by the community

* Move deb install guide to official releases

* Move manual install guide to official releases

* Move container documentation to setup section

* Move sealos documentation to cloud install page

* Move OpenBSD docs to build from source

* Simplify DNS documentation

* Add sponsor page

* Add releases page

* Add features page

* Add help page

* Add upgrading page

* Adjust mkdocs nav

* Update wording

Use the term headscale for the project, Headscale on the beginning of a
sentence and `headscale` when refering to the CLI.

* Welcome to headscale

* Link to existing documentation in the FAQ

* Remove the goal header and use the text as opener

* Indent code block in OIDC

* Make a few pages linter compatible

Also update ignored files for prettier

* Recommend HTTPS on port 443

Fixes: #2164

* Use hosts in acl documentation

thx @efficacy38 for noticing this

Ref: #1863

* Use mkdocs-macros to set headscale version once
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Community packages

Several Linux distributions and community members provide packages for headscale. Those packages may be used instead of the official releases provided by the headscale maintainers. Such packages offer improved integration for their targeted operating system and usually:

  • setup a dedicated user account to run headscale
  • provide a default configuration
  • install headscale as system service

!!! warning "Community packages might be outdated"

The packages mentioned on this page might be outdated or unmaintained. Use the [official releases](./official.md) to
get the current stable version or to test pre-releases.

[![Packaging status](https://repology.org/badge/vertical-allrepos/headscale.svg)](https://repology.org/project/headscale/versions)

Arch Linux

Arch Linux offers a package for headscale, install via:

pacman -S headscale

The AUR package headscale-git can be used to build the current development version.

Fedora, RHEL, CentOS

A 3rd-party repository for various RPM based distributions is available at: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/jonathanspw/headscale/. The site provides detailed setup and installation instructions.

Nix, NixOS

A Nix package is available as: headscale. See the NixOS package site for installation details.

Gentoo

emerge --ask net-vpn/headscale

Gentoo specific documentation is available here.

OpenBSD

Headscale is available in ports. The port installs headscale as system service with rc.d and provides usage instructions upon installation.

pkg_add headscale