Comparison: pipenet vs localtunnel for Localhost Tunneling
By
punkpeye
Soft in all the wrong places. Take with a strong tea.
Summary
The article presents a comparison table between pipenet and localtunnel, two tools for creating tunnels to localhost. The comparison covers features including cloud deployment options (single-port vs random ports), support for multiple domains, TypeScript compatibility, ES Modules support, maintenance status, and WebSocket functionality. The table shows pipenet supports multiple domains, TypeScript, ES Modules, and WebSocket, while localtunnel has limited maintenance and only supports WebSocket.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledFeature: pipenet, localtunnel
Multiple domains: ✓, —
TypeScript: ✓, —
ES Modules: ✓, —
Maintenance: Active, Limited
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
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46680597
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