HTTP-network-relay: Tunnel TCP over HTTP using WebSockets
Details
- External ID
- 46163606
- Source
- HN
- Company
- —
- Product
- HTTP-network-relay: Tunnel TCP over HTTP using WebSockets
- Website domain
- github.com
- Launched
- Dec. 5, 2025
- Cohort
- —
- Upvotes
- 5
- Upvotes percentile
- 0.10400763358778627
- Tags
- —
- Fetched at
- Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
- Updated at
- Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
Description
We're using this to enable connectivity to devices behind NAT or firewalls.If you're using uv, you can use this project directly by running `uvx --from git+https://github.com/Thymis-io/http-network-relay <command> [args...]`. Where `<command>` is one of `network-relay`, `edge-agent` or `access-client`.
Enrichment
- Theme
- proxy, dns, and networking tools
- Vertical
- Horizontal
- Function
- Dev tools
- Audience
- Developer
- AI stance
- Not AI
- Project type
- Hobby / open-source project
- Normalized one-liner
- tcp tunnel over http using websockets
- Manually corrected
- False
Could you build this?
Partial A simple WebSocket-to-TCP bridge can be vibe-coded, but a robust tunnel overcoming enterprise firewalls, NAT traversal, multiplexing, and reconnection guarantees requires deeper systems networking work.
What it would actually take: The architecture consists of an edge client agent, a relay server, and an access client implemented in Python/Go/Rust using WebSockets or HTTP/2 streams to encapsulate raw TCP byte streams. The difficult aspects include handling backpressure, connection multiplexing, NAT hole punching or STUN/TURN fallbacks, and rigorous end-to-end TLS security. This requires solid low-level network programming and systems engineering knowledge.
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Competitors
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