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Built another localhost tunneling tool because I kept forgetting my ngrok auth token.

What it does:

- Expose localhost to the internet (HTTP/TCP/WebSockets) - Zero signup – just works immediately - Free

Nothing groundbreaking, just scratching my own itch for a no-friction tunnel service. Written in Go.

Link: https://tunnl.gg

Happy to answer questions or hear how you'd improve it.





Since it uses websockets you could host a website from inside a website? How will you handle pricing for this to keep the service running?

There is a maximum time limit for connections right now which is 24hr or 30min of inactivity.

Could a cacheing service let static sites be cached when offline? I'm not sure if caching sub-domains like this would work but if its a tiny fee to cache maybe that could be a paid feature if your designing those. Like $1 per month could give you a static domain and XX monthly cache updates? As opposed to uploading somewhere like Github Codespaces or a Cloud-Flare service.

Direct real-time connections could be a path like nl.gg/# or a private key that someone could change. Some way to have a public site thats hosted globally for 'nearly free' while also being able to locally host a private url to the dev version for sharing temporarily while your connected. Maybe even a totally different domain.




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