holesail

Holesail

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Overview

Holesail lets you share any locally running application on a specific port with third parties securely and with a single command. No static IP or port forwarding required.

Installation

Before using Holesail, make sure you have Node.js installed on your system. You can download Node.js from the official website: https://nodejs.org/en/download/

Once Node.js is installed, you can install Holesail Server using npm (Node Package Manager):

npm i holesail -g

Quick Usage

To start a local Holesail Server, use the following command:

holesail --live port

Replace port with the desired port number you want to expose to the network.

This will give you a connection string to connect to, use that to access this server from anywhere:

holesail <connection-string> 

All commands

To view full usage instructions and all set of commands, run:

holesail --help

Graceful Goodbye

Holesail Server includes graceful goodbye functionality, which ensures that the server is properly shut down when you close the terminal or interrupt the process.

License

Holesail Server is released under the GPL-3.0 License. See the LICENSE file for more information.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you find any issues or have suggestions for improvements, please open an issue or submit a pull request.

Acknowledgments

Holesail is built using the following open-source projects:

• hypertele: https://github.com/bitfinexcom/hypertele
• holepunch: https://holepunch.to
• holesail-server: https://github.com/holesail/holesail-server)

and other node packages.