Article 001 The internet should feel closer to home.

Bring your apps online

Fast, open source, and entirely under your control.

Uplink

3 tunnels · 2 serving

＋ Add tunnel

◎admin-dashboard.ny.uplink.computerLive

localhost:3000Private

◎your-company.comLive

localhost:8080Public

Uplink

3 tunnels · 2 serving

Add tunnel

https://admin-dashboard.ny.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.ny.uplink.computer Paused

localhost:5173 · API Key protected with bearer token

Download for macOS Apple Silicon · Linux: install the CLI

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
    account: acme
    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-8080.ny.uplink.computer

localhost:8080 · acme account · IP allowlist

✓ blog

→ https://blog.example.com

localhost:9000 · public

2 services online · serving

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

Linux x86_64 & arm64 · Apple Silicon macOS — desktop users: install from Settings

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 Blocks request-level 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
Powered by the OpenTunnels Protocol.

An alternative to datacenter deployment
with the privacy and low cost of self hosting.

Leave behind monthly cloud server costs and use your own hardware.
Serve any local port as a URL, no local NAT or router configuration required.

Websites Astro · Next · Vite

Ship a marketing site, docs, or a full app framework straight from your machine.

APIs FastAPI · Express · Rails

Expose a JSON backend to webhooks, mobile clients, or an API-keyed integration.

GET api.acme.com/v1/orders/1024 200 OK

{
  "id": 1024,
  "status": "shipped",
  "total": 49.00,
  "currency": "usd"
}

application/json 31 ms · TLS 1.3

Dashboards Grafana · Metabase

Share an internal tool or metrics view — gated behind sign-in, never left wide open.

Open source AI Ollama · vLLM · ComfyUI

Open-weight models run on computers you already own. Uplink gives that machine a public URL, a guard at the door, and a stream that holds — no third-party inference, no per-token bill.

Mac Mini 48 GB RAM

Ollama :11434
LM Studio :1234
llama.cpp :8080
vLLM :8000
ComfyUI :8188
Gradio :7860

uplink serve 11434 QUIC · TLS 1.3

Uplink edge sign-inbot checkrate limit

https://chat.acme.com streaming

Draft the launch post?

Sure — here's the outline. Sure — here's the outline. The weights never leave the The weights never leave the GPU in the other room, and GPU in the other room, and the stream holds to the last token. the stream holds to the last token.

text/event-stream open 47m · 0 dropped

Zero-Trust Access Control

Choose who can reach each app: people, teams, passwords, API keys, or trusted networks. Everything else stops at the edge.

Invited accounts Sign in with a code sent to their email.

alex@example.com

Team access Share with your whole team in one click.

acme · 12 members

Password / API key Use a browser password or Authorization header.

•••••••• Replace

IP whitelist Only listed IPs and networks can connect.

203.0.113.0/24

Public access Open to anyone with the link

Web Application Firewall

Block exploit probes, abusive requests, and sensitive paths with reusable HTTP rules before requests reach your machine.

block-probes applies to: blog Block Enforce

where path contains /wp- · method is POST 1,204 blocked today

block-secrets applies to: api Block Enforce

where path contains /.env 86 blocked today

block-curl applies to: all tunnels Block Monitor

where header user-agent contains curl 312 would match

Bot Protection

Challenge suspicious traffic at the edge to prevent programatic access. Set a challenge level per app, from invisible browser proof to a strict human check.

Managed Challenge Per-app challenge difficulty

JS proofCoherenceReaction

Signed clearance All regions · 30 minutes

Custom Domains & Load Balancing

Attach your own domains to any tunnel and balance traffic across several connectors. DNS, certificates, and failover are handled at the edge.

vllm-15fg2.uplink.computer Distributing requests across 3 independent devices

Attached

RTX 5090 PC · New York :8080 34%
Mac Studio · Toronto :8080 33%
DGX Spark · London :8080 33%

Failover automatic Unhealthy connectors drop out

Traffic Inspector

Inspect live request and response bodies without sending payloads to a third party. Captures stay on your machine.

POST /callbacks/billing 200 182 ms · local

Request body

{

"event": "invoice.paid",

"invoice": {…}

}

Response body

{

"received": true,

"status": 200

}

Observability & Analytics

See bandwidth, service health, and blocked requests in one place. Know what is happening without assembling another stack.

last 24h 1.87m Requests

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

Pairs perfectly
with Tailscale and Docker.

Uplink is the missing piece for the stack you've already built.
Your tailnet, compose files, and services stay exactly as they are.

Docker runs the apps Use containers to sandbox your services

Tailscale meshes your devices Private Wireguard network for internal access

Uplink publishes & protects The safest way to serve local ports

Seamless support
for modern web protocols

Leave behind the hidden headaches of traditional reverse tunnel tools.

Automatic TLS 1.3

HTTPS certificates issued and renewed automatically. Assigned URLs are yours forever.

HTTP/2 and HTTP/3

Faster page loads for every visitor, and steady speed on patchy mobile connections.

WebSockets

WSS support by default, upgrade requests pass through without special proxy rules.

Server-Sent Events

Durable SSE, live updates and AI responses stay connected from first event to last.

Verified compatibility with popular apps

If it listens on a local HTTP port, it is ready for Uplink.

ComfyUI
Ollama
LM Studio
OpenCode
Pi
Jupyter
Gradio
Express
FastAPI
Next.js
Vite
Astro
vLLM

Nextcloud
Home Assistant
Jellyfin
Immich
Grafana
Gitea
n8n
WordPress
Plex
Portainer

Your app gets a URL.
Your machine doesn't.

The URL points at an edge server, not at the machine running your app.

Public IP Port forwarding, or a VPS you rent

◎ Anyone on the internet

connects straight to your machine

Your machine 203.0.113.10 · public address Behind your firewall

Your app
SSH
Database
Your LAN

The address is your machine. Your firewall is the only thing between the internet and everything else on it.

With Uplink Published through an edge server

◎ Anyone on the internet

connects to the edge

Edge server app.uplink.computer · public address

TLS
Auth
Firewall
DDoS

opened by your machine, outbound only

Your machine no public address Reachable through the tunnel

Your app

The address is the edge. From there, the only path is the tunnel your machine opened — and only your app is on it.

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 TLS 1.3 handshake. Authority-establishing registration begins only after handshake completion.

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 web compatibility

HTTP requests, WebSocket upgrades, and SSE streams share one encrypted QUIC connection, with each request 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 web compatibility

Enforced tenant isolation

No head-of-line blocking

Written in Rust

Read the protocol whitepaper View OpenTunnels on GitHub

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 built-in SSO authentication, bot protection, or advanced analytics.

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
50 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

Dedicated compute and bandwidth for your team
Up to 10 Gbps transfer speeds
Uncapped bandwidth (5TB included, then $0.05/gb)
Link up to 10,000 custom domain names
Advanced analytics and security features.
Priority support & SLAs

Talk to us

Enterprise

Custom

Your infrastructure, infinite scale

Deploy a multi-site edge fleet
Use your own on-prem and/or cloud infrastructure
LDAP, SAML, and custom SSO providers
Priority support & dedicated onboarding
Custom DPA & data-residency controls
Compliance reporting & audit support

Contact sales

Why Uplink

Full featured and reliable,
open source and self-hostable.

Uplink combines the generous free tier, production controls, team pricing, and ownership the other options split across limits, add-ons, and closed edges.

Swipe to compare →

Comparison of Uplink, ngrok, Cloudflare Tunnel, and Tailscale Funnel
Compare	Uplink	ngrok	Cloudflare Tunnels	Tailscale Funnel
Limits & pricing
Published apps / endpoints	Unlimited Free plan	3 Free plan	1,000 Routes per account	Not published Funnel
Monthly HTTP requests	Uncapped Free plan	20,000 Free plan	Uncapped No request quota	Uncapped No request quota
Team / access users	$0 / member All included on paid plans	1 free PAYG: 3, then +$5/user	50 free Access: then $7/user	6 free Standard: $8/user
Firewall rules	Included No action metering	5 rules Free Some actions metered	5 · 1 · 10 Free WAF · rate limit · redirects	None No HTTP rule engine
Analytics & inspection
HTTP traffic analytics	✓ Requests, bandwidth, blocks	✓ Rates + response times	✓ Requests + bandwidth	× No Funnel HTTP analytics
Live request inspector	✓ Local-only inspector	✓ Local or cloud inspector	× Connector logs only	× No request inspector
Request + response bodies	✓ Never leaves your device	✓ Cloud mode retains 24h	× No payload viewer	× Traffic stays opaque
Publishing
Custom domains	✓ From any DNS service	✓ PAYG only	✓ Requires Cloudflare DNS	× Only *.ts.net
Load-balanced domains	✓ Built in	✓ Metered pooling	✓ Paid add-on	× Not available
Access control
Shared-password gate	✓ Built in	✓ Basic Auth policy	× No simple password gate	× Funnel is public
Invite any email	✓ Native email invite	× Requires OAuth / OIDC	✓ Access email PIN	× Funnel has no login
Account-based login	✓ Accounts + teams	✓ OAuth / OIDC	✓ Access identity providers	× Funnel has no login
API key / service token	✓ Built in	✓ JWT / Traffic Policy	✓ Access service token	× No Funnel auth
Firewall
Request matching rules	✓ Path, method, header, IP	✓ Traffic Policy	✓ 5 custom rules Free	× No HTTP rule engine
Block rules	✓ Block or monitor	✓ Deny action	✓ Custom Rules	× No HTTP rule engine
Rate-limit rules	✓ Per IP or route	✓ Metered action	✓ 1 rule on Free	× No HTTP rule engine
Redirect rules	✓ Uncapped	✓ Metered action	✓ 10 rules on Free	× No HTTP rule engine
Bot protection
Basic bot / crawler filtering	✓ Built in	✓ User-agent policy	✓ Bot Fight Mode	× Not built in
Managed browser challenge	✓ Invisible + human checks	× No managed challenge	✓ Managed Challenge	× Not available
Tools & ownership
Desktop publishing UI	✓ Native macOS app	× No native publisher	× No native publisher	× Funnel uses CLI
Command-line interface	✓ uplink CLI	✓ ngrok agent	✓ cloudflared	✓ tailscale funnel
Self-host the public edge	✓ MIT licensed	× Managed edge only	× Cloudflare edge only	× No self-hosted Funnel

Your first app online in minutes.

Install Uplink, point it at a local HTTP port, and publish. That's it.

Get started See how it works

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

Linux x86_64 & arm64 · Apple Silicon macOS — desktop users: install from Settings

Bring your apps online

Serve local apps without exposing your network.

An alternative to datacenter deploymentwith the privacy and low cost of self hosting.

Zero-Trust Access Control

Web Application Firewall

Bot Protection

Custom Domains & Load Balancing

Traffic Inspector

Observability & Analytics

Pairs perfectly with Tailscale and Docker.

Seamless support for modern web protocols

Automatic TLS 1.3

HTTP/2 and HTTP/3

WebSockets

Server-Sent Events

Verified compatibility with popular apps

Your app gets a URL. Your machine doesn't.

The OpenTunnels Protocol.

QUIC + TLS 1.3

Channel binding (RFC 9266)

Broad web compatibility

Enforced tenant isolation

No head-of-line blocking

Written in Rust

Use our infrastructure or run your own.

Self-Hosted Edge Server

Managed Edges

Free

Dev

Pro

Add a Team

Dedicated Edge Cluster

Enterprise

Full featured and reliable, open source and self-hostable.

Your first app online in minutes.

Serve local apps
without exposing your network.

An alternative to datacenter deployment
with the privacy and low cost of self hosting.

Pairs perfectly
with Tailscale and Docker.

Seamless support
for modern web protocols

Your app gets a URL.
Your machine doesn't.

Use our infrastructure
or run your own.

Full featured and reliable,
open source and self-hostable.