rustunnel
The open-source tunnel that scales with you. Don't pay for idle time. Secure, Rust-fast, and Pay-as-you-go.
Expose local services through a public server over encrypted WebSocket connections with TLS termination, HTTP/TCP proxying, a live dashboard, Prometheus metrics, and audit logging.
You can self-host or use our managed service.
Using an AI agent? rustunnel ships an MCP server — one-click setup for Cursor (then add your API token):
For Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Windsurf, and others, see the agent integration guide or the agent manual at rustunnel.com/agents.md.
Table of Contents
- Hosted service
- Architecture overview
- Requirements
- Local development setup
- Build
- Run tests
- Run the server locally
- Run the client locally
- Git hooks
- Production deployment (Ubuntu / systemd)
- 1 — Install dependencies
- 2 — Build release binaries
- 3 — Create system user and directories
- 4 — Install the server binary
- 5 — Create the server config file
- 6 — TLS certificates (Let's Encrypt + Cloudflare)
- 7 — Set up systemd service
- 8 — Open firewall ports
- 9 — Verify the server is running
- Updating the server
- Docker deployment · full guide
- Client configuration
- Installation
- Setup wizard
- Quick start (CLI flags)
- Machine-readable output (
--json) - Config file
- Token management
- Port reference
- Config file reference (server)
- REST API
- AI agent integration (MCP server)
- OpenClaw skill
- Monitoring
- Roadmap
- Contributing
- License
- Contact
