agrinman/tunnelto

Health v2 · maintenance only

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7034 stars · 549 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

tunnelto is a Rust CLI tool that exposes a locally running web server to the internet via a public URL, similar to ngrok. It supports custom subdomains, an introspection dashboard for inspecting traffic, and can be self-hosted with the included server component.

Use cases

• expose my localhost web server with a public url
• test stripe or slack webhooks against my local machine
• demo a web app running on localhost to a remote teammate
• test an ios or android app against a backend running on my laptop
• self-host an ngrok alternative
• inspect incoming http requests to my local server

When to choose

• you want a lightweight, open-source ngrok alternative with a simple CLI
• you need to debug webhooks or demo local servers quickly
• you prefer a tool you can self-host to avoid vendor lock-in
• you want a fast, single-binary tunnel client written in Rust

When to avoid

• you need advanced features like load balancing, IP restrictions, or OAuth on tunnels
• you require long-term stable subdomains without a paid plan
• you need a GUI-based tunnel manager
• the project's last release is from 2022, so you need actively maintained features

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

networking http-server developer-tools cli developer-tools web-development networking windows cli rust tunnel localhost ngrok-alternative webhooks self-hostable rust command-line macos linux

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