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Dev tools · December 2, 2025

Holesail.io

Hi guys, Wanted to share a project I have been working on for a while https://github.com/holesail/holesail It is a lightweight reverse proxy similar to Ngrok but works over peer-to-peer tunnels and requires absolutely no configuration. No port forwarding, no VPNs, no servers in the middle just a direct, end-to-end encrypted connection between two peers using a simple connection key. It supports both UDP and TCP and runs on Linux, Mac, Windows, Android and iOS and has a Node API that can be used to integrate it into any Android, iOS or CLI app. The goal is to make Holesail…

Holesail.io launched on December 2, 2025 with 9 votes, #934 of 11,628 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches.

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What it does

Holesail is the simplest way to expose your local apps, games, and development servers to anyone—without port forwarding, VPNs, or complex setup. Share any localhost service through a secure peer-to-peer tunnel using a single connection key. Host websites, play LAN-style multiplayer, collaborate on dev environments, or access your machine remotely in seconds. All traffic is end-to-end encrypted, stays directly between peers and never touches a server.

Create P2P tunnels instantly that bypass any network, firewall, NAT restrictions and share your local servers with the world securely. No Dynamic DNS required.

In the maker’s words, at launch

Hi guys, Wanted to share a project I have been working on for a while https://github.com/holesail/holesail It is a lightweight reverse proxy similar to Ngrok but works over peer-to-peer tunnels and requires absolutely no configuration. No port forwarding, no VPNs, no servers in the middle just a…

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