# matiasinsaurralde/facebook-tunnel

Tunneling Internet traffic over Facebook chat.

Repository: https://github.com/matiasinsaurralde/facebook-tunnel
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/facebook-tunnel
Language: Roff
License Family: other
Topics: facebook, tunnel, tuntap
Last push: 2016-06-29T12:30:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4653, "days_push": 3717, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1289, forks 82 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:15.191998+00:00)

## What it is
A Linux tool that tunnels Internet traffic through Facebook chat by sending packets as base64-encoded messages, using a tuntap interface and the Gumbo parser to interact with Facebook. It was built to get free Internet access via telco plans that only allow Facebook traffic.

## Use cases
- tunnel internet traffic over facebook chat
- bypass carrier restrictions that only allow facebook
- get free internet access through zero-rating plans
- circumvent network censorship using messaging apps
- send ip packets as base64 over chat messages

## When to choose
- you have free Facebook-only data access and want full internet
- you need to route traffic through a messaging service to evade restrictions

## When to avoid
- you need encryption or obfuscation - it is not implemented
- you need a maintained or cross-platform tool
- you need production reliability - the client is unfinished

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: networking, proxy, cryptography
- domain: networking, privacy, censorship-circumvention
- platform: cli
- tags: tunneling, tuntap, facebook-chat, censorship-evasion, base64, linux

## Member repositories
- matiasinsaurralde/facebook-tunnel (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:15.191998+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:55:45.329492+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/matiasinsaurralde/facebook-tunnel (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:15.191998+00:00, sha 3eb0f76c4eca)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.