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inlets vs boringproxy: catalog facts
inlets	boringproxy
Paid Commercial product with flat-rate subscription pricing.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Self-hosted, Command line	Windows, Linux, Self-hosted
You run the tunnel server, so traffic stays under your control HTTP and pure TCP tunnels without rate limits	Automatic HTTPS certificates Web UI for managing tunnels
Paid subscription required Self-hosted mode needs a public VM to run the server	Last code change was in 2024 Needs a server with a public address
Downloadable app, Self-hosted, Hosted service	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
Account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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