--- title: pipenet | daily.dev description: Pipenet is an open-source tunneling tool that exposes local services to the internet, serving as a modern alternative to localtunnel. It bundles both client... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/pipenet-p1s2wtruj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: pipenet | daily.dev og:description: Pipenet is an open-source tunneling tool that exposes local services to the internet, serving as a modern alternative to localtunnel. It bundles both client... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/pipenet-p1s2wtruj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/P1S2wTRuj.png og:image:alt: pipenet og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # pipenet **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Pipenet is an open-source tunneling tool that exposes local services to the internet, serving as a modern alternative to localtunnel. It bundles both client and server components, allowing developers to use a public server or deploy their own infrastructure. The tool supports HTTP/HTTPS, WebSocket, SSE, and HTTP streaming protocols. It offers programmatic APIs for both client and server usage, includes lifecycle hooks for monitoring, and is designed for cloud deployment with single-port configuration. Key features include TypeScript support, ES modules, custom domains, and embeddable tunneling capabilities for integration into other tools. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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