Show HN: Pipenet – A Modern Alternative to Localtunnel

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Hey HN!

localtunnel's server needs random ports per client. That doesn't work on Fly.io or behind strict firewalls.

We rewrote it in TypeScript and added multiplexing over a single port. Open-source and 100% self-hostable.

Public instance at *.pipenet.dev if you don't want to self-host.

Built at Glama for our MCP Inspector, but it's a generic tunnel with no ties to our infra.

https://github.com/punkpeye/pipenet

ollybee • 2 hours ago

Add it to the list https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling

punkpeye • 2 hours ago

That list is where my research started! Was surprised not to find a pure node.js solution that's easy to self-host and has CLI/SDK.

Added https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling/pull/214

lizimo • 47 minutes ago

Cool website! Did you use any web framework or just plain HTML/CSS?

punkpeye • 45 minutes ago

Just plain HTML/CSS.

I did this morning in a rush. Didn't expect anyone to compliment it. Thank you!

oakesm9 • 2 hours ago

Would this be able to support TCP and UDP in the future?

punkpeye • 2 hours ago

The current implementation is HTTP-focused as that was the primary use case. TCP tunneling is possible architecturally but not something I've had in mind. I suggest start by raising an issue on GitHub and adding thumbs up. If it receives enough attention, I will prioritize it. I am less familiar with what would supporting UDP entail, so cannot answer that right now.