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Cloudflare Tunnel vs boringproxy: catalog facts
Cloudflare Tunnel	boringproxy
Freemium cloudflared is free and open source, and Cloudflare Tunnel is available on Cloudflare's…	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, Linux, Self-hosted
No inbound ports opened; the daemon connects outbound to Cloudflare Works behind carrier-grade NAT where port forwarding is impossible	Automatic HTTPS certificates Web UI for managing tunnels
Requires a Cloudflare account and a domain on Cloudflare Your traffic passes through Cloudflare, which is a dependency and a trust decision	Last code change was in 2024 Needs a server with a public address
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: MIT
Account needed	No account needed
Needs internet	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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