# Headplane > An advanced UI for [juanfont/headscale](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale) Preview Headscale is a self-hosted version of the Tailscale control server, however, it currently lacks a first-party web UI. Headplane aims to solve this issue by providing a GUI that can deeply integrate with the Headscale server. It's able to replicate nearly all of the functions of the official Tailscale SaaS UI, including: - Machine/Node expiry, network routing, name, and owner management - Access Control List (ACL) and tagging configuration - Support for OpenID Connect (OIDC) as a login provider - DNS and *safe* Headscale configuration management ## Deployment > For more configuration options, refer to the [Configuration](/docs/Configuration.md) guide. For fully-featured deployments, see the [Advanced Deployment](/docs/Advanced-Integration.md) guide. This includes automatic management of ACLs, DNS settings, and Headscale configuration. *This is the closest experience to the Tailscale UI that can be achieved with Headscale and Headplane.* *If you aren't sure which one to pick, we recommend this.* If your environment is not able to support the advanced deployment, you can still use the basic deployment. For basic deployments, see the [Basic Deployment](/docs/Basic-Integration.md) guide. It does not include automatic management of ACLs, DNS settings, or the Headscale configuration, instead requiring manual editing and reloading when making changes. ## Contributing If you would like to contribute, please install a relatively modern version of Node.js and PNPM. Clone this repository, run `pnpm install`, and then run `pnpm dev` to start the development server. > Copyright (c) 2024 Aarnav Tale