Install

TunnelPad is a single self-contained file for macOS, Linux and Windows. It doesn't need PHP or anything else.

macOS and Linux

curl -fsSL https://tunnelpad.com/install.sh | sh

The script picks the build for your system, checks it against the release's checksums and installs tunnelpad to /usr/local/bin, or ~/.local/bin if that isn't writable. To choose the folder:

curl -fsSL https://tunnelpad.com/install.sh | TUNNELPAD_DIR=~/bin sh

Windows

Download tunnelpad-windows-x86_64.exe from the download page, rename it to tunnelpad.exe and put it in a folder on your PATH.

With PHP

If you'd rather run it with your own PHP (8.3 or later), download tunnelpad.phar and run php tunnelpad.phar share 8000.

Sign in

tunnelpad login

This shows a short code and opens tunnelpad.com in your browser. Approve the code and the command saves a token in ~/.tunnelpad/config.json. (On a server without a browser, use tunnelpad login --no-browser and open the link it prints on another device.)

You can also create a token on the Tokens page and save it with tunnelpad token <token>.

Updating

tunnelpad share tells you when there's a new version. To install it:

tunnelpad self-update

It downloads the new build, checks its checksum and replaces the old one. tunnelpad self-update --check only tells you whether there's an update.