You don't need
USB cablesanymore

Plug your dongles in once — reach every one over IP, from any machine on the network.

Smart card reader
YubiKey security key
ST-Link programmer
Zigbee dongle
USBTail board
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// WHAT IT DOES

One little board. Every USB device, everywhere on your LAN.

No more carrying USB devices around or hunting for adapters and cables.No more carrying USB devices around or hunting for adapters and cables. Bind a device over the network, and it shows up in your system.

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// WHO PLUGS IN

Built for the bench, the rack, and the home lab.

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// QUICK START

Plugged in to first device in under a minute.

  1. 1Power & plug in. Connect Ethernet + USB-C power. Up to four USB devices into the hub.
  2. 2Install the client. One command on Linux, macOS. No per-device drivers.
  3. 3Link a port. usbtail link and the device appears locally over IP.
usbtail@hub: ~
# install the client$ curl -fsSL https://usbtail.0x12.net/start | sh

# see what's plugged into the hub$ usbtail scan
  [1] ST-Link V2        0483:3748
  [2] nRF52 BLE dongle  1915:520f
  [3] ACR122U NFC       072f:2200
  [4] Kingston USB      0951:1666# bind port 1 to this machine$ usbtail link 1
> ST-Link V2 attached → /dev/usbtail/stlink
LINUX · MACOS
// OPEN BY DESIGN

Open source & open hardware.

Firmware, client and the full KiCad design — schematics, board layout and BOM — are public. Fork it, audit it, respin it. No black boxes, no locked bootloaders, no vendor lock-in.

Build your own, or pre-order ours on Crowd Supply to support the project. Either way you own the whole stack down to the copper.

GPL-3.0 FIRMWARE CERN-OHL-S-2.0 HARDWARE
USBTail PCB layout in KiCad
// ASSEMBLY KIT

Ships as a kit.
You build it in five minutes.

USBTail isn't a sealed box — it's an open-hardware kit. Everything you need to assemble your own 4-port hub, no soldering required.

WHAT'S IN THE KIT
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USBTail assembly kit, exploded view EXPLODED VIEW · 5 PARTS