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Cloudflare Tunnel vs rathole: catalog facts
Cloudflare Tunnel	rathole
Freemium cloudflared is free and open source, and Cloudflare Tunnel is available on Cloudflare's…	Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, Linux, Self-hosted, Command line
No inbound ports opened; the daemon connects outbound to Cloudflare Works behind carrier-grade NAT where port forwarding is impossible	Self-hosted alternative to ngrok and frp Written in Rust with a focus on low resource use
Requires a Cloudflare account and a domain on Cloudflare Your traffic passes through Cloudflare, which is a dependency and a trust decision	Needs your own server with a public address Configured through files on the command line, with no graphical interface
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: Apache-2.0
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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