# agrinman/tunnelto

Expose your local web server to the internet with a public URL.

Repository: https://github.com/agrinman/tunnelto
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tunnelto
Homepage: https://tunnelto.dev
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: tunnel, localhost, expose, rust, async-io
Last push: 2022-09-24T21:28:44+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2355, "days_push": 1439, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7034, forks 549 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:55.191556+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: networking, http-server, developer-tools, cli
- domain: developer-tools, web-development, networking
- platform: windows, cli, rust
- tags: tunnel, localhost, ngrok-alternative, webhooks, self-hostable, rust, command-line, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- agrinman/tunnelto (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:55.191556+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 2026-08-29T17:40:34.174768+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/agrinman/tunnelto (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:55.191556+00:00, sha 2618136ab89a)
  - homepage: https://tunnelto.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T08:36:21.008192+00:00, sha 7d9391ddf0a5)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/tunnelto (fetched 2026-08-29T08:36:21.017668+00:00, sha ac556149e474)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.