wstunnel
Tunnel TCP and UDP traffic over WebSocket or HTTP2
wstunnel is an open-source tool that tunnels TCP and UDP traffic over WebSocket or HTTP2 to bypass restrictive firewalls and proxies. It is self-hosted to reach services behind network barriers.
Key features
- Tunnel over WebSocket
- TCP and UDP support
- Firewall bypass
- Single binary
Strengths
- Released under the BSD-3-Clause license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Mature project with 7.1k GitHub stars
- Written in Rust
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