Localtunnel

Localtunnel exposes your localhost endpoint to the world, user cases are:

• API testing
• multiple devices access to single data store
• peer to peer connection, workaround for NAT hole punching.

Client Usage

Use in CLI:

cargo install localtunnel

localtunnel client --host https://localtunnel.me --subdomain kaichao --port 3000

Use as a Rust library:

cargo add localtunnel-client

use localtunnel_client::{open_tunnel, broadcast};

let (notify_shutdown, _) = broadcast::channel(1);
let result = open_tunnel(
    Some("https://localtunnel.me"),
    Some("kaichao"),
    Some("locallhost"),
    3000,
    notify_shutdown.clone(),
    10,
    None,
).await;

// Shutdown the background tasks by sending a signal.
let _ = notify_shutdown.send(());

Server Usage

Use in CLI:

localtunnel server --domain localtunnel.me --port 3000 --proxy-port 3001 --secure

Use as a Rust library,

cargo install localtunnel-server

use localtunnel_server::start;

start("localtunnel.me", 3000, true, 10, 3001, false).await?

Resources

• localtunnel