omrikiei/ktunnel

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Ktunnel is a Go CLI tool that establishes a reverse tunnel between a Kubernetes cluster and your local machine, exposing local resources as services inside the cluster. It can also be used standalone as a generic reverse tunnel to any remote system.

Use cases

• expose my local dev server to a kubernetes pod
• access my development machine from inside a kubernetes cluster
• debug a kubernetes deployment against local services
• set up a reverse tunnel to a remote host
• run a kubectl plugin for tunneling local resources
• let a cluster service call back to my laptop during development

When to choose

• you develop services locally but need pods to reach your machine
• you want a simple reverse tunnel that also integrates with kubernetes
• you prefer a single static binary or kubectl plugin over complex ingress setups

When to avoid

• you only need to forward cluster ports to your local machine (kubectl port-forward suffices)
• you need production-grade, audited tunneling with auth and TLS management
• you are not working with kubernetes or remote hosts at all

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networking cli developer-tools proxy developer-tools networking cli windows go reverse-tunnel kubernetes local-development kubectl-plugin port-forwarding containers devops macos linux

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