{"slug": "tailscale-funnel", "name": "Tailscale Funnel", "category": "networking", "category_name": "Networking and VPN", "description": "", "recommenders": 2, "commenters": 3, "warners": 0, "score": 1.896, "rising": -0.65, "first": "2025-12-04", "latest": "2026-02-01", "why": "it's part of the free tier, dead simple and with tailscale it's coming from kind of a trusted entity", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 2, "neutral": 1, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], "listed": false, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "it's part of the free tier, dead simple and with tailscale it's coming from kind of a trusted entity", "icon": false, "domain": null, "github_repo": null, "official_url": "", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Tailscale Funnel"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 749520800, "item_id": 46845050, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46845050", "by": "lwde", "date": "2026-02-01", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "That's one of the main features that I use for some home assistant instances.", "excerpt": "But it's missing a tailscale funnel like feature, right? That's one of the main features that I use for some home assistant instances.", "context": "", "use_case": "exposing Home Assistant", "switched_from": "", "story": "Netbird a German Tailscale alternative (P2P WireGuard-based overlay network)"}, {"id": 738347136, "item_id": 46146696, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46146696", "by": "madethemcry", "date": "2025-12-04", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "it's part of the free tier, dead simple and with tailscale it's coming from kind of a trusted entity", "excerpt": "I used ngrok when it was the to-go answer for serving localhost (temporarily, not permanent) to the public, but the last time I searched for alternatives I stumbled upon the following jewel. > tailscale funnel 3000 Available on the internet: https://some-device-name.tail12345.ts.net/ |-- proxy http://127.0.0.1:3000 Press Ctrl+C to exit. I've tailscale installed on my machine anyway for some connected devices. But eve", "context": "", "use_case": "exposing localhost temporarily", "switched_from": "ngrok", "story": "Tunnl.gg"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["exposing home assistant", "exposing localhost publicly", "exposing localhost temporarily"], "compared": [{"slug": "ngrok", "name": "ngrok", "co": 2, "switched_from": 1, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46145902", "title": "Tunnl.gg", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46844870", "title": "Netbird a German Tailscale alternative (P2P WireGuard-based overlay network)", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {"recommend": 1, "neutral": 1}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {}}, "quotes": [{"id": 749520800, "item_id": 46845050, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46845050", "by": "lwde", "date": "2026-02-01", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "That's one of the main features that I use for some home assistant instances.", "excerpt": "But it's missing a tailscale funnel like feature, right? That's one of the main features that I use for some home assistant instances.", "context": "", "use_case": "exposing Home Assistant", "switched_from": "", "story": "Netbird a German Tailscale alternative (P2P WireGuard-based overlay network)"}, {"id": 738447072, "item_id": 46152942, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46152942", "by": "bomewish", "date": "2025-12-04", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "tailscale funnel --set-path=/A8200B0F-6E0E-4FE2-9135-8A440DB9469D  http://127.0.0.1:8001", "excerpt": "Hey really recommend using a big long random string in that URL, because as you will have read above TAILNET NAMES ARE PUBLIC. You can find them here: https://crt.sh/?Identity=ts.net [warning, this will probably crash browser if you leave it open too long -- but you can see it's full of tailnet domains]. So anyway try it like: tailscale funnel --set-path=/A8200B0F-6E0E-4FE2-9135-8A440DB9469D http://127.0.0.1:8001 or ", "context": "", "use_case": "exposing localhost publicly", "switched_from": "", "story": "Tunnl.gg"}, {"id": 738347136, "item_id": 46146696, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46146696", "by": "madethemcry", "date": "2025-12-04", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "it's part of the free tier, dead simple and with tailscale it's coming from kind of a trusted entity", "excerpt": "I used ngrok when it was the to-go answer for serving localhost (temporarily, not permanent) to the public, but the last time I searched for alternatives I stumbled upon the following jewel. > tailscale funnel 3000 Available on the internet: https://some-device-name.tail12345.ts.net/ |-- proxy http://127.0.0.1:3000 Press Ctrl+C to exit. I've tailscale installed on my machine anyway for some connected devices. But eve", "context": "", "use_case": "exposing localhost temporarily", "switched_from": "ngrok", "story": "Tunnl.gg"}]}