WebFinder for Tailscale

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WebFinder for Tailscale

Find web interfaces<br>across your tailnet

List dashboards, docs, admin pages, and test builds across your Tailscale network. Install WebFinder on each Mac/Linux peer you want listed.

macOS app + macOS/Linux CLI

Menubar App

iPhone App

Setup guide<br>Create a Tailscale OAuth client with Devices: Read scope, then paste the Client ID and Secret into the app. Install and start WebFinder on each Mac or Linux device you want to show up.

Walkthrough

Auth

CLI Output

web-finder

$ web-finder

Local:

● Docs Preview http://127.0.0.1:8001

UDM Pro:

● UniFi OS https://192.168.2.1:443

Tailscale:

● workstation Jellyfin https://workstation.example.ts.net:8096/web/

● workstation qBittorrent WebUI https://workstation.example.ts.net:38080/

● storage Synology NAS https://storage.example.ts.net:5001/

Install

Install the app, start the CLI publisher, or hand the prompt to an agent on a Mac or Linux device.

iOS

iPhone and iPad app. Free and open source.

Create a Tailscale OAuth client with Devices: Read

Install and run WebFinder on Mac/Linux devices you want to discover

Paste Client ID and Secret into the app, then pull to refresh

macOS

Signed and notarized menubar app + CLI via Homebrew

brew install --cask zeulewan/tap/webfinder<br>Copy

Installs WebFinder.app to Applications

Installs the web-finder CLI publisher

Works with Gatekeeper as a notarized Developer ID app

Run web-finder start --auto-publish for recommended setup

Linux

CLI publisher for Linux devices on your tailnet

curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zeulewan/web-finder/refs/heads/main/install.sh | bash<br>Copy

Clones repo to ~/.web-finder

Requires Node.js LTS; apt-based distros install it automatically

Adds web-finder CLI to PATH

Run web-finder start --auto-publish for recommended setup

Auto-publish may prompt for local Tailscale operator permission

Agent install

Copy this prompt into an agent with terminal access to the device

Install WebFinder from https://github.com/zeulewan/web-finder on this Mac or Linux device. It is fully free and open source, MIT licensed, and auditable, so inspect the repo and install script first if you do not trust it. On macOS, install with: brew install --cask zeulewan/tap/webfinder. On Linux, install with: curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zeulewan/web-finder/refs/heads/main/install.sh | bash. Use the documented install command for this OS; if it needs sudo or fails, explain why before using a custom install path. After installing, explain the two start modes: passive web-finder start, or web-finder start --auto-publish for individual setups. Ask which mode I want before starting it. Only use --auto-publish if I explicitly confirm, because it creates Tailscale Serve mappings for detected local web UIs. If WebFinder prompts for local Tailscale operator permission on Linux, explain that it lets WebFinder manage Tailscale Serve mappings without running as root and ask before answering yes; sudo may ask for my password the first time. After I choose, start WebFinder in that mode, then verify the install with web-finder version and web-finder status. If status shows Tailscale Serve permission errors, report the exact fix it recommends.<br>Copy

Works for Mac or Linux devices where an agent has shell access

Asks before enabling auto-publish

Keeps the install auditable from source

To uninstall from macOS or Linux:

curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zeulewan/web-finder/refs/heads/main/uninstall.sh | bash<br>Copy

How discovery works

Use auto-publish for the recommended setup, or plain start for passive discovery.

Manifest-based discovery

Remote devices show up after WebFinder is installed and started on each Mac or Linux peer you want to discover.

Local smart detection

Each publisher fetches titles locally. Recommended auto-publish mode can create Tailscale Serve mappings for detected listening web ports.

Tailnet-safe sharing

web-finder start --auto-publish is recommended and lets WebFinder create Tailscale Serve mappings for detected local web UIs. On Linux, it may prompt for local Tailscale operator permission. Plain web-finder start is the passive default and only advertises existing mappings.

Agent-friendly CLI

JSON output mode lets AI agents and scripts query your network programmatically.

CLI usage

Works great standalone or piped into scripts and AI agents.

web-finder<br>Show local services, gateway services, and Tailscale manifests

web-finder start<br>Passive default: advertise existing Tailscale Serve mappings

web-finder start --auto-publish<br>Recommended: publish detected local web UIs with Tailscale Serve; may prompt on Linux

web-finder stop<br>Stop sharing and disable autostart

web-finder status<br>Check daemon, Tailscale Serve, MagicDNS, and version

web-finder --json<br>Machine-readable JSON output

web-finder --debug<br>Verbose output, diagnostics, and peers with no published services

web-finder update<br>Pull latest CLI (and app on macOS)

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