jpillora/chisel
A fast TCP/UDP tunnel over HTTP
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Where it stands
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3 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 23 days ago, with 38 contributors on GitHub.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Creates a fast, encrypted TCP/UDP tunnel over HTTP secured with SSH for firewall traversal and secure network endpoints.
- Combines SSH encryption with HTTP transport for secure, authenticated tunneling that works through proxies and firewalls.
- Use for securely accessing internal network services remotely through restrictive firewalls using HTTP-based tunnels.
- Use for setting up authenticated SOCKS5 proxies over HTTP tunnels to route traffic securely via client or server.
- Use for reverse port forwarding to expose client-side services securely to remote servers behind NAT or firewalls.
Should you depend on it?
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License
MIT
Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.
Community files
- README: present
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From the README
Chisel is a fast TCP/UDP tunnel, transported over HTTP, secured via SSH. Single executable including both client and server. Written in Go (golang). Chisel is mainly useful for passing through firewalls, though it can also be used to provide a secure endpoint into your network.
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
+231 stars over 60 days across 6 snapshot days; best day +2 on Sep 6.
Forks
1.6K+3
Open issues
249+3
Compared with peers in Networking
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| MHSanaei/3x-ui | 49.6K | +448 | 52 | 137 days ago |
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| tailscale/tailscale | 38.9K | +311 | 75 | today |
| netbirdio/netbird | 30.9K | +267 | 75 | today |
| fosrl/pangolin | 23.6K | +218 | 75 | 6 days ago |
| jpillora/chisel | 16.7K | — | 47 | 23 days ago |
| Category median | 38.9K | +311 | 75 | — |
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