# flipt-io/reverst

Reverse Tunnels in Go over HTTP/3 and QUIC

Repository: https://github.com/flipt-io/reverst
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/reverst
Homepage: https://www.flipt.io
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-12-11T16:51:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 50/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 56, release rhythm 35, longevity 63
- inputs: {"age_days": 882, "days_push": 265, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1004, forks 46 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:11.998336+00:00)

## What it is
Reverst is a load-balanced reverse-tunnel server and Go client library built on QUIC and HTTP/3. It lets services behind restrictive networks (e.g. NAT gateways) dial out to a publicly deployed tunnel server and expose themselves on the public internet.

## Use cases
- expose a local web service behind NAT to the public internet
- build load-balanced tunnels for multiple service instances over HTTP/3
- embed reverse-tunnel client functionality in a Go application
- self-hosted alternative to ngrok for tunneling
- serve HTTP requests to services in restrictive networks via QUIC tunnels

## When to choose
- you need to expose services from behind NAT/firewalls without port forwarding
- you want a Go library to embed tunneling via net/http abstractions
- you want load-balanced tunnel groups over QUIC/HTTP/3
- you prefer a self-hosted tunnel server you control

## When to avoid
- you only need simple TCP port forwarding rather than HTTP tunneling
- you need a polished turnkey tunnel service with dashboards and accounts
- your environment cannot use UDP, since QUIC requires it
- you need non-Go client SDKs

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: networking, proxy, http-server, http-client, middleware
- domain: networking, developer-tools, backend, infrastructure-as-code
- platform: go, windows, cross-platform, cli, self-hosted
- tags: reverse-tunnel, quic, http3, nat-traversal, tunneling, load-balancing, ngrok-alternative, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- flipt-io/reverst (main) score 50

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:11.998336+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 2026-08-30T07:13:43.959597+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/flipt-io/reverst (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:11.998336+00:00, sha 1ae0c0dffde6)
  - homepage: https://www.flipt.io (fetched 2026-08-29T13:13:26.769606+00:00, sha d3caf55899c8)
  - site_page: https://docs.flipt.io/v2 (fetched 2026-08-29T13:13:26.778853+00:00, sha d27e4201cf98)
  - site_page: https://docs.flipt.io/v2/quickstart (fetched 2026-08-29T13:13:26.780731+00:00, sha c952439f812b)
  - site_page: https://docs.flipt.io/v2/pro (fetched 2026-08-29T13:13:26.782488+00:00, sha 4a07bc5ecb00)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.