mmatczuk/go-http-tunnel

Health v2 · maintenance only

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3330 stars · 312 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

A reverse tunnel tool based on HTTP/2 that exposes localhost services to the public internet via a server (tunneld) and client (tunnel) pair. It supports HTTP proxying with basic auth, TCP proxying, SNI vhost proxying, and client auto-reconnect.

Use cases

• expose localhost to the internet without a public IP
• test webhook integrations locally
• host a game server from home
• manage IoT devices behind NAT
• share a local dev server with teammates
• self-hosted ngrok alternative

When to choose

• you need a self-hosted tunnel server you fully control
• you want HTTP/2 multiplexed tunnels with TLS mutual auth
• you need TCP as well as HTTP proxying
• you prefer a lightweight Go binary over ngrok

When to avoid

• you want a zero-config hosted service with a public endpoint
• you need actively modernized features or a large community
• AGPL-3.0 licensing is incompatible with your use
• you need WebSocket-heavy or QUIC-based tunneling

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

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