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rustunnel

Self-hosted, secure tunnel server in Rust. Expose local HTTP/HTTPS/TCP/UDP services to the public internet via TLS-encrypted WebSocket. Open-source, pay-as-you-go managed option, MCP server for AI agents.

rustunnel is an open-source web servers project on GitHub under the AGPL-3.0 license (network copyleft), with 661 stars. It is built with Rust, TypeScript, Tokio and Axum. Its last push was today.

Stars
661
License
AGPL-3.0
Activity
Active
Latest release
v0.8.9

Code on GitHub Website

Judgement

What it is
Complete system
What it does
A self-hosted tunnel server and client in Rust that exposes local HTTP, HTTPS, TCP and UDP services through a public host over TLS WebSockets. It has a live dashboard, Prometheus metrics, audit logging and an MCP server.
Adopt it when
You want an ngrok-style tunnel on your own server to expose development services or receive webhooks.
Watch out
AGPL licensed, with a paid managed option beside it, and it opens a public path to your machines, so lock down tokens and ports.
Ready for
Usable
Runs as
Self-hosted server, command line and cloud service
Built with
Rust and TypeScript
How established
Young: started 8 months ago, latest release v0.8.9.
What the license allows
Use inside your business is unrestricted. If you change it and let customers use it over the internet, you must publish your changes.

Judged on 2026-11-06 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

Built from

RustTypeScriptTokioAxumsqlx

Follow it down: rustunnel → Rust → runs on a microchip

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape

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