Open source · self-hosted

Bring your apps online

Fast, open source, and entirely under your control.

Uplink

Tunnels

3 tunnels · 2 serving

＋ Add tunnel

◎admin-dashboard.uplink.computerLive

localhost:3000Private

◎your-company.comLive

localhost:8080Public

Uplink

Tunnels

3 tunnels · 2 serving

Add tunnel

https://admin-dashboard.uplink.computer Live

localhost:3000 · Private you + 3 invited 1.2k req · 84 MB

https://your-company.com Custom domain Live

localhost:8080 · Public anyone with the link 54.2k req · 741 MB

https://your-api.uplink.computer Paused

localhost:5173 · API Key protected with bearer token

Download for macOS Apple Silicon · Intel · Linux

uplink.yaml YAML

services:

web:

port: 3000

public: true

api:

port: 8080

- alice@company.com

uplink.yaml

YAML · UTF-8

edge: ny.uplink.computer
services:
  web:
    port: 3000
    custom_domain: dashboard.example.com
    share:
      - bob@company.com
      - alice@company.com
  api:
    port: 8080
    team: true
    allow_ips: [203.0.113.0/24]
    rate_limit:
      requests: 100
      window_secs: 60
      per: ip
  blog:
    port: 9000
    public: true
    custom_domain: blog.example.com

zsh — uplink

$ uplink up

✓ web

→ https://dashboard.example.com

localhost:3000 · you + 2 invited

✓ api

→ https://api-3000.ny.uplink.computer

localhost:8080 · password protected

✓ blog

→ https://blog.example.com

localhost:9000 · public

2 services online · serving

$ curl -fsSL https://uplink.computer/install.sh | sh

latest release · macOS + Linux

How it works

Serve local apps
without exposing your network.

A public edge server serves your domain and runs every firewall rule and auth check.
Your app stays on localhost, reached only through a tunnel it dials out to.

◎

Internet

→

◇

Edge

→

▣

localhost

TLS Auth Firewall Encrypted tunnel

Public internet

Page views Password

API requests Token

Bots & scrapers blocked

Exploit attempts blocked

https

Uplink Edge server app.uplink.computer

HTTPS · TLS 1.3 Domain and certificates

Access Controls who and where gets in

Firewall Controls request rate and threats

QUIC Tunnels Encrypted path to your machine

tunnels

Your machine localhost

private network

your app

localhost:3000

live

your api

localhost:8080

live

Use our managed edge network or host your own edge

Access Control

Decide who can enter and where they may connect from. Keep an app private, invite specific people or your team, use a password or API token, or restrict access to trusted IPs. Rejected requests stop at the edge and never reach your local host.

Access modes

Only youInvited by emailPasswordAPI KeyPublic IP restriction

web.uplink.computer who gets in

Only you

Private by default. Login with your email from anywhere.

Invited by email

Add anyone by email; they sign in with their own account.

Password

Anyone with the shared password gets in, no account needed.

API Key

Give scripts and webhooks access with a bearer token API key.

Public

Serve a site for anyone to access, no sign-in required.

Allowed IPs 203.0.113.0/24

Only accept traffic from trusted networks.

Firewall

Limit how quickly traffic can arrive, then add reusable rules to stop scrapers and bots, block hostile networks, and protect sensitive paths. Rejected traffic is blocked at the edge and never reaches your local host.

Security at the edge

Request limits IP blocklists Bot blocking Monitor mode

Rate limit 100 / minute · per IP

Limit requests before they reach your host.

block-probes applies to: blog

Block Enforce

where path contains /wp-

and method is POST

1,204 blocked today

api-limit applies to: api

Rate limit Enforce

where path starts with /api

100 req / 60s · per IP

no-scrapers applies to: all tunnels

Block Monitor

where header user-agent contains bot

monitoring · 88 would match

deny-bad-network applies to: all tunnels

Block Enforce

where source IP in 198.51.100.0/24

Observability & Analytics

Aggregate statistics on your service health and bandwidth consumption. Monitor your security posture and audit requests blocked by firewall settings and authentication policies.

bandwidth · 24h4.2 GB

Blocked requestblock-probes

bandwidth · 24h photos

4.2GB

total

3.1GB

egress

1.1GB

ingress

blocked just now

blocked 203.0.113.7 POST /wp-login.php block-probes

rate-limited 198.51.100.4 /api · 40 req/s api-limit

unauthorized 192.0.2.9 GET /admin private

Traffic Inspector

Watch API callbacks arrive in real time. Inspect payloads, response codes, latency, and retry attempts without sending sensitive traffic to a third party. Captures stay local to your machine.

POST /callbacks/billing 200

invoice.paid 182 ms · local

POST /callbacks/billing 200 182 ms

RequestJSON

{

"event": "invoice.paid",

"details": {…}

}

Response

{

"received": true,

"timestamp": 1783624935

}

Payload and headers captured locally 1.8 KB

Direct Connect

With Uplink running on both devices, the tunnel can be upgraded to an encrypted peer-to-peer link. Traffic flows straight between the two machines and never touches the edge. Lower latency and zero metered bandwidth.

▣This Mac

↔

▤Home server

Edge bypassedEncrypted P2P

notes.uplink.computer direct

uplink

This Mac

192.168.1.24

uplink

home-server

100.84.31.6

edge relay · bypassed

QUIC · end-to-end encrypted P2P Connection Established

Next Gen Transport Layer

The OpenTunnels Protocol.

A modern open source transport protocol for secure, high-performance tunnels.

QUIC + TLS 1.3

High performance multiplexing-optimized transport with a 1-RTT handshake (0-RTT on resume). TLS 1.3 encryption by default on every connection.

Channel binding (RFC 9266)

Every credential is welded to the exact TLS session it rides on. A captured token is cryptographically inert on any other connection.

Broad compatibility

HTTP, gRPC, WebSockets, and SSE on one encrypted QUIC connection, with each request riding its own stream, bound to the device Ed25519 identity.

Enforced tenant isolation

Tunnel credentials are bound to device public keys, edges route by that signed claim rather than the requested hostname.

No head-of-line blocking

Each request rides its own QUIC stream with its own flow control, so one slow transfer never stalls the others.

Written in Rust

Minimal reliance on external packages, well-tested memory-safe code, dependencies audited on every build.

QUIC + TLS 1.3

Channel binding (RFC 9266)

Broad compatibility

Enforced tenant isolation

No head-of-line blocking

Written in Rust

Read the protocol whitepaper

Works with everything

Easy compatibility
for all of your projects and services.

Frontend dev servers, self-hosted apps, databases, game servers, AI models.
If it listens on a local port, you can publish it.

Web frameworks

N Next.js
V Vite
A Astro
R Remix
S SvelteKit
N Nuxt
D Django
R Rails

Self-hosted apps

W WordPress
P Plex
J Jellyfin
H Home Assistant
N Nextcloud
I Immich
n n8n
G Gitea

Databases & services

P Postgres
R Redis
M MySQL
s sshd / sftp
M MongoDB
G Grafana
V Vaultwarden
M Minecraft

Local AI

O Ollama
v vLLM
l llama.cpp
O OpenCode
A Automatic1111
L LM Studio
C ComfyUI
O Open WebUI

WWeb frameworks

SSelf-hosted apps

DDatabases & services

LLocal AI

Works with anything that speaks HTTP, gRPC, WebSockets, or SSE.

Pricing

Use Our Infrastructure
or Run Your Own.

Open source. MIT license. Host on your hardware or utilize our managed network.

Self-Hosted Edge Server

Free · Open source

Run your own edge on your own hardware.
Bring your own domain name, DNS configuration, and TLS certificates.

No SSO authentication, team features, advanced analytics, or security-event tracking.

Get started

Managed Edges

Preconfigured with seamless SSO authentication and Clickhouse-powered observability.

Free

$0 /mo

Kick the tires on a managed edge

Unlimited HTTPS encrypted apps
1 GB bandwidth / month
Up to 10 Mbps transfer speeds
Reserved internal subdomains

Start free

Dev

$10 /mo

Gateway to your personal cloud

Everything in Free
20 GB bandwidth / month
Up to 100 Mbps transfer speeds
Link 3 custom domain names

Start Developing

Pro

$50 /mo

Ship to production

Everything in Dev
1 TB bandwidth / month
Up to 1 Gbps transfer speeds
Link 20 custom domain names

Go Pro

Add a Team

Bring people in on top of any paid plan. Invite teammates and share your tunnels with the whole team in one click. No extra cost.

Invite teammates & manage access
Roles & permissions
Audit logs & security events
Shared apps and settings

$0 / member

Seats are free. You only pay for the plan underneath.

Add your team

For teams and businesses.

Dedicated Edge Cluster

$250 /mo per node

Private high-performance networking stack

Link unlimited custom domain names
Dedicated compute and bandwidth for your team
Up to 10 Gbps transfer speeds
Unlimited bandwidth (5 TB included, then $0.05/GB)
SOC 2 Type II infrastructure
Advanced analytics and security features.
Priority support & SLAs

Talk to us

Enterprise

Custom

Your infrastructure, infinite scale

Deploy an edge fleet on your own infrastructure
LDAP, SAML, and custom SSO providers
ISO 27001 & SOC 2 Type II
GDPR & HIPAA support, signed BAA
Custom DPA & data-residency controls
Compliance reporting & audit support
Deployment and infrastructure consulting

Contact sales

Your first app online in minutes.

Install Uplink, choose a local port, and publish. That's it.

Get started See how it works

Bring your apps online

Tunnels

Serve local apps without exposing your network.

Access Control

Firewall

Observability & Analytics

Traffic Inspector

Direct Connect

The OpenTunnels Protocol.

QUIC + TLS 1.3

Channel binding (RFC 9266)

Broad compatibility

Enforced tenant isolation

No head-of-line blocking

Written in Rust

Easy compatibility for all of your projects and services.

Web frameworks

Self-hosted apps

Databases & services

Local AI

Use Our Infrastructure or Run Your Own.

Self-Hosted Edge Server

Managed Edges

Free

Dev

Pro

Add a Team

Dedicated Edge Cluster

Enterprise

Your first app online in minutes.

Serve local apps
without exposing your network.

Easy compatibility
for all of your projects and services.

Use Our Infrastructure
or Run Your Own.