You can achieve a similar effect with both, yes. However, they fundamentally work differently.
Tailscale (e.g. wireguard) is a way to create a virtual private network between two (or more) machines. This means they can pretend they are on the same network, even if they are physically on different networks. Now, having them on the same (virtual) network, means you can open up the firewall on the target machine (for that specific network), and access services that are running there. You'll still need to use the other machine's IP address/name on that network to access it.
connet on the other hand is more like a projection (or tunnel) - it opens up a TCP listener on your local machine, and internally forwards all connections and traffic to the TCP listener that is running on the remote machine. At your local machine, it looks like you are running the target service locally, and you access it via localhost.
I hope this explains how is connet different from Tailscale, thanks for checking it out!
Tailscale (e.g. wireguard) is a way to create a virtual private network between two (or more) machines. This means they can pretend they are on the same network, even if they are physically on different networks. Now, having them on the same (virtual) network, means you can open up the firewall on the target machine (for that specific network), and access services that are running there. You'll still need to use the other machine's IP address/name on that network to access it.
connet on the other hand is more like a projection (or tunnel) - it opens up a TCP listener on your local machine, and internally forwards all connections and traffic to the TCP listener that is running on the remote machine. At your local machine, it looks like you are running the target service locally, and you access it via localhost.
I hope this explains how is connet different from Tailscale, thanks for checking it out!