# aleixrodriala/wa-tunnel

Tunneling Internet traffic over Whatsapp

Repository: https://github.com/aleixrodriala/wa-tunnel
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/wa-tunnel
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2022-11-27T00:39:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 99
- inputs: {"age_days": 1391, "days_push": 1376, "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 3349, forks 163 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:57.793653+00:00)

## What it is
A Node.js CLI tool that tunnels TCP internet traffic through WhatsApp messages using the Baileys library, sending packets as text or compressed binary file messages between two WhatsApp accounts. It caches and batches socket responses to reduce message count and avoid bans.

## Use cases
- tunnel internet traffic over whatsapp when data is capped
- bypass carrier data restrictions using unlimited whatsapp data
- use whatsapp as a proxy on airplanes with free social network data
- forward tcp traffic through a messaging app
- circumvent network restrictions with a messaging-based tunnel

## When to choose
- you have unlimited WhatsApp data but restricted general data
- you need a quick educational tunneling experiment over messaging apps
- you can control both a client and server WhatsApp account

## When to avoid
- you need a reliable, fast, production-grade VPN or tunnel
- you cannot risk WhatsApp account bans
- you need low-latency or high-throughput networking

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: proxy, networking, websocket, compression
- domain: networking, privacy, censorship-circumvention
- platform: windows, cli, cross-platform
- tags: tcp-tunnel, whatsapp, baileys, traffic-tunneling, censorship-evasion, command-line, nodejs, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- aleixrodriala/wa-tunnel (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:57.793653+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 2026-08-29T18:40:58.736596+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/aleixrodriala/wa-tunnel (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:57.793653+00:00, sha 4cf489415414)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.