An Almost Free, Open Source TURN Server
Hi HN, I have been messing around with WebRTC for a few years now but when it comes to the TURN server I never quite got to my gold standard of free, self-hosted and open source. I decided to give it a go using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's free tier, meaning that my total spend got down to domain name hosting. I know plenty of people have been burnt by Oracle in the past, but I have had servers running on the free tier for 5 years now without so much as a hiccup. Regardless, the concepts will be the same using any cloud based server. This is the first time I've written up an end-to-end…
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This is an open-source TURN server implementation designed for WebRTC applications. It runs on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's free tier, requiring only domain name hosting costs. The project is self-hosted and open source, addressing the developer's goal of creating a free alternative to commercial TURN servers. It includes end-to-end setup documentation targeting developers with basic networking, Linux, and web development knowledge.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
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Hi HN, I have been messing around with WebRTC for a few years now but when it comes to the TURN server I never quite got to my gold standard of free, self-hosted and open source. I decided to give it a go using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's free tier, meaning that my total spend got down to domain name hosting. I know plenty of people have been burnt by Oracle in the past, but I have had servers running on the free tier for 5 years now without so much as a hiccup. Regardless, the concepts will be the same using any cloud based server. This is the first time I've written up an end-to-end technical how-to like this and the audience I am writing for is really myself - I know just enough about networks and web dev and Linux, etc to get all this running and there are plenty of snippets out there on the web that tell you how to do one thing or another, but nowhere that puts it all together in one place so if I'm explaining what is obvious to you, my apologies - like I say, I'm writing to myself here. I don't know that this even is a Show HN - @dang, if it isn't, please feel free to recategorise/edit the title. @Everybody else, I am happy to answer questions if I can but please bear in mind that I am not claiming to be an expert on any of the tech gathered together to make this work.
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