cloudflared
No written verdict yet. Here is what commenters said.
5recommend
1warn against
Nov 16, 2025first mention
Oct 30, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“cloudflared is a bit unique in that it makes multiple outbound connections to CF DCs”
“Running "cloudflared tunnel" sets up a temp solution. No log in needed, pretty convenient.”
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“expose it via cloudflared so you can use it on the go”
“with cloudflared running your server doesn't have to be Internet-routable”
“My free account runs cloudflared tunnel just fine for jellyfin.”
Caveats and dissent
“Cloudflare doesn't really seem to care about their tunnel product.”
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Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
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- 2026 is the Year of Self-hosting 1 mention
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All comments 10
“I use cloudflared for other services that need to be exposed”
“cloudflared is a bit unique in that it makes multiple outbound connections to CF DCs”
“Running "cloudflared tunnel" sets up a temp solution. No log in needed, pretty convenient.”
“Cloudflare doesn't really seem to care about their tunnel product.”
“expose it via cloudflared so you can use it on the go”
“use cloudflared to expose their service to interested parties”
“Running a cloudflared tunnel or reverse proxy to a vpc on digitalocean”
“with cloudflared running your server doesn't have to be Internet-routable”
“I use cloudflared to proxy a bunch of small sites I serve from home.”
“My free account runs cloudflared tunnel just fine for jellyfin.”