Tailscale Command Palette nickknissen

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Use this command to install Tailscale Command Palette:

winget install --id=nickknissen.TailscaleCommandPalette -e

Tailscale for Command Palette

Tailscale Command Palette

A PowerToys Command Palette extension that brings common Tailscale actions and device information into the Command Palette UI.

Screenshot

Features

Browse all devices in your tailnet
Browse only your devices
View connection status and local Tailscale details
Quickly connect or disconnect Tailscale
Open the Tailscale Admin Console
Copy useful device data: Tailscale IPv4, Tailscale IPv6, MagicDNS name
See device metadata at a glance: online/offline state, OS, current device, exit node, SSH availability

How it works

The extension shells out to the local tailscale CLI and parses tailscale status --json to populate Command Palette pages and actions.

Requirements

Windows 10 2004+ or Windows 11
Tailscale installed and signed in, with tailscale.exe on PATH
Microsoft PowerToys with Command Palette support

Installation

Microsoft Store

Open the listing:

WinGet

winget install nickknissen.TailscaleCommandPalette

Sideload signed MSIX

Download the latest .msixbundle from the Releases page, then:

Add-AppxPackage .\TailscaleCommandPalette_.msixbundle

Build from source

See docs/development.md.

Usage

After installation, open PowerToys Command Palette and look for the Tailscale provider.

Top-level commands:

All Devices — full visible tailnet inventory, grouped by This Device / Online / Offline
My Devices — devices owned by the currently signed-in Tailscale user
Status — connection state, hostname, local Tailscale IPs, tailnet name, active exit node, visible device count
Connection — toggle between Up (when disconnected) and Down (when connected)
Admin Console — opens

Selecting a device copies its primary Tailscale IP by default. Additional context actions include Copy IPv6, Copy MagicDNS, and Open in browser.

Development

See docs/development.md for local build, signing, and install/uninstall instructions.

Releasing

See docs/releasing.md for the GitHub Actions release workflow and required signing secrets.

Project structure

TailscaleCommandPalette/
├─ Commands/      # Command Palette invokable commands
├─ Models/        # Tailscale status / device models
├─ Pages/         # Command Palette list pages
├─ Services/      # Tailscale CLI integration and parsing
├─ Assets/        # App and extension icons
└─ build-msix.ps1 # Signed MSIX build script (used by release.yml)

Troubleshooting

The extension shows an error instead of devices

Common causes: Tailscale isn't installed, isn't running, the device isn't connected to a tailnet, or tailscale.exe isn't on PATH.

Connection actions do not work

Make sure the Tailscale CLI works outside the extension first:

tailscale status
tailscale up
tailscale down

Device list is stale

The extension caches CLI results briefly to avoid excessive shelling out. Reopen the page or retry after a few seconds.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Disclaimer

This project is an independent extension for Microsoft PowerToys and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Tailscale or Microsoft.