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Taildrop is a feature that makes it easy to send files between your personal devices on a Tailscale network.

Like all traffic sent through Tailscale, Taildrop transfers files over encrypted peer-to-peer connections, using the fastest path available. This makes it a great solution for sending sensitive or large files without third-party servers in the middle.

This feature is in public alpha, with many UX improvements planned and capabilities. To try Taildrop today, you need to sign up for your network and use Tailscale v1.8 or later.

Because Taildrop is an alpha feature, you must register your network for testing to use it. You can do this from the Admin Console Feature Previews page, by enabling the Send Files feature.

Taildrop is only available on Synology with Tailscale v1.18.2 or later. Currently, this means you need to manually install Tailscale on your Synology NAS. Make sure you are running Tailscale v1.18.2 or later on your Synology instance if you want to configure Taildrop.

To configure your NAS to receive Taildrop files:

In Synology DSM Web UI, go to Main Menu > File Station.

Click Create, then click Create New Shared Folder.

In the Shared Folder Creation Wizard, use Taildrop for the folder name.

Set other values ​​as desired and continue through the wizard until you have created the Taildrop shared folder.

In File Station, right-click the Taildrop folder and click Properties.

Click Authorization.

Select the tailscale system user and click Edit. Note that the tailscale system user is literally displayed with the name tailscale, it is not the name of a user on your tailnet.

Grant read/write access to tailscale.

Click Done, then click Save.

Once you have completed the steps above, restart Tailscale on your Synology instance.

You should now be able to receive Taildrop files on your Synology instance.

You can transfer any type of file with Taildrop.

Taildrop is currently limited to sending files between your personal devices. You cannot send files to devices belonging to other users, even on the same Tailscale network.

Taildrop lets you share files between devices you're signed into, although ACLs are used to restrict device access. You cannot use Taildrop to send files to and from nodes that you have tagged.

Taildrop also requires both devices to be running Tailscale v1.8 or later. Older devices will not appear.

macOS

Before using Taildrop for the first time, it must be enabled in Settings > Extensions.

< p>Send files to other devices via the right-click Share menu.

iOS

Send files to your other devices via the Share menu. Choose Tailscale and tap the device you want to send files to.