TextSelectionWebSearch vs tailscale-android

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TextSelectionWebSearch		tailscale-android
	Project
1	Mentions	14
75	Stars	826
-	Growth	7.3%
4.3	Activity	9.1
8 months ago	Latest Commit	9 days ago
Java	Language	Kotlin
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

TextSelectionWebSearch

Posts with mentions or reviews of TextSelectionWebSearch. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-07-31.

⟳ 8 apps added, 48 updated at f-droid.org
46 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 31 Jul 2021

[Select Text to Search](None) 1.1.1

tailscale-android

Posts with mentions or reviews of tailscale-android. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-09.

A word of caution about Tailscale
12 projects | /r/selfhosted | 9 Dec 2023

The Android client seems to be open source. No idea why the iOS/other ones aren’t. https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale-android
How to find out the local one IP address?
1 project | /r/tasker | 21 May 2023

Something like Tailscale that creates a mesh VPN using an external relay to pass packets between the two isolated devices. The Tailscale app has a few useful intents to turn in on and off. https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale-android/commit/51a53e54721fdb513d3c9331ae8e75a4b56a7cd2
⟳ 6 apps added, 50 updated at f-droid.org
22 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 2 Sep 2022

Tailscale (version 1.29.194-t70f9fc8c7-gd0812b9476b): Mesh VPN based on WireGuard
Tailscale changes its Android app to support the open source Headscale server
1 project | /r/patient_hackernews | 15 Aug 2022

4 projects | /r/selfhosted | 15 Aug 2022

1 project | /r/hackernews | 15 Aug 2022

1 project | /r/hypeurls | 15 Aug 2022

10 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Aug 2022
Tailscale改变其安卓应用以支持开源的Headscale服务器 (Tailscale changes its Android app to support the open source Headscale server)
1 project | /r/hnzh | 15 Aug 2022
⟳ 1 apps added, 42 updated at f-droid.org
8 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 26 Apr 2022

Tailscale (version 1.24.0-tf0e71f4a2-g772e6ae6f06): Mesh VPN based on WireGuard

What are some alternatives?

When comparing TextSelectionWebSearch and tailscale-android you can also consider the following projects:

irregular-expressions - Android virtual keyboard for expressive typing

pritunl-client-electron - Pritunl OpenVPN client

LoudBang - RX/TX capable WSPR client for Android

tracker-control-android - TrackerControl Android: monitor and control trackers and ads.

findmydevice

tailscale - The easiest, most secure way to use WireGuard and 2FA.

AlarmClock - Most popular open source Android Alarm Clock App

desktop-app - Official IVPN Desktop app

Tutanota makes encryption easy - Tuta is an email service with a strong focus on security and privacy that lets you encrypt emails, contacts and calendar entries on all your devices.

BlueWallet - Bitcoin wallet for iOS & Android. Built with React Native

k-9 - K-9 Mail – Open Source Email App for Android [Moved to: https://github.com/thundernest/k-9]