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Port-forwarding projects on GitHub

Configuring port forwarding for network access, e.g., routers or WSL

As of , the most-starred Port-forwarding projects on GitHub are WindTerm (32.5K stars), gluetun (15.8K stars) and tailcat (8.4K stars). GitHub.Locker tracks 8 Port-forwarding repositories with 67.8K stars combined. The fastest-growing on October 19 was tailcat, with +18 stars in a day.

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67.8KStars in total
+76Stars in a day
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Hot right now

Most stars gained in a day · Oct 19

+18

tailcat

tailscale/tailcat · ★ 8.4K

Tailcat is like netcat but running over Tailscale's encrypted data plane (WireGuard + magicsock + DERP) without needing Tailscale's control plane or a Tailscale account. One side runs a tailcat server and gets a short address; the other side connects to it, and traffic is end-to-end encrypted and NAT-traversed automatically.

+14

gluetun

passteque/gluetun · ★ 15.8K

Gluetun is a lightweight, swiss-army-knife-like VPN client packaged as a single small Docker container. It tunnels through 20+ commercial VPN providers via OpenVPN or Wireguard and lets other containers or LAN devices share that connection.

+14

shell-rs

since2006/shell-rs · ★ 381

ShellRS is a native, cross-platform SSH client that combines Xshell-style host management, tabbed terminals, a WinSCP-style dual-pane SFTP browser and SSH port forwarding in one window.

+7

WindTerm

kingToolbox/WindTerm · ★ 32.5K

WindTerm is a free professional SSH/Telnet/Serial/Shell/Sftp client and terminal built for DevOps, combining remote connections, a local shell and file transfer in one application.

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8 projects · by stars

  1. #1 · kingToolbox/WindTerm

    WindTerm

    WindTerm is a free professional SSH/Telnet/Serial/Shell/Sftp client and terminal built for DevOps, combining remote connections, a local shell and file transfer in one application.

    32.5K
  2. #2 · passteque/gluetun

    gluetun

    Gluetun is a lightweight, swiss-army-knife-like VPN client packaged as a single small Docker container. It tunnels through 20+ commercial VPN providers via OpenVPN or Wireguard and lets other containers or LAN devices share that connection.

    15.8K
  3. #3 · tailscale/tailcat

    tailcat

    Tailcat is like netcat but running over Tailscale's encrypted data plane (WireGuard + magicsock + DERP) without needing Tailscale's control plane or a Tailscale account. One side runs a tailcat server and gets a short address; the other side connects to it, and traffic is end-to-end encrypted and NAT-traversed automatically.

    8.4K
  1. 4

    wsl-dashboard

    4Kowu/wsl-dashboard · Rust

    WSL Dashboard is a GUI manager for WSL built in Rust with a Slint UI, letting you install, start, stop, unregister, and configure your WSL distros from one place with a lightweight, low-memory footprint.

  2. 5

    Podroid

    3.6KExTV/Podroid · Kotlin

    Podroid is a rootless Android app that boots a real Alpine Linux virtual machine on your phone, letting you run Linux containers (Podman, Docker, LXC) and even full GUI desktop apps.

  3. 6

    navop

    1.9KfeigeCode/navop · Rust

    Navop is a native, all-in-one desktop workspace that combines database tools, SSH/terminal, remote desktop, file transfer, monitoring, notes, and AI agent integration in a single app.

  4. 7

    omnyssh

    1.2Ktimhartmann7/omnyssh · Rust

    OmnySSH is a free, open-source SSH client and server manager for macOS, Windows and Linux. One window holds a live metrics dashboard, real terminal tabs, two-panel SFTP, snippets and one-click SSH key setup — as a desktop GUI plus a terminal TUI, built in Rust.

  5. 8

    shell-rs

    381since2006/shell-rs · Rust

    ShellRS is a native, cross-platform SSH client that combines Xshell-style host management, tabbed terminals, a WinSCP-style dual-pane SFTP browser and SSH port forwarding in one window.

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