rustunnel
local MCP serverrustunnel is a local MCP server: Give AI agents public HTTPS/TCP/UDP URLs for any localhost service. Open source, self-hostable. Install it from mcpb as https://github.com/joaoh82/rustunnel/releases/download/v0.8.5/rustunnel-mcp-aarch64-apple-darwin.mcpb.
Installation
Terminal
claude mcp add rustunnel -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/joaoh82/rustunnel-mcp:0.8.5
Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.
Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients
Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.
{
"mcpServers": {
"rustunnel": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"-i",
"--rm",
"ghcr.io/joaoh82/rustunnel-mcp:0.8.5"
]
}
}
}What you need
- Runtime: Claude Desktop (one-click .mcpb bundle) or Claude Desktop (one-click .mcpb bundle) or Claude Desktop (one-click .mcpb bundle) or Claude Desktop (one-click .mcpb bundle) or Claude Desktop (one-click .mcpb bundle) or Docker.
- MCP client: Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Claude Desktop, Cursor or any other client that speaks MCP over stdio.
Summary
Give AI agents public HTTPS/TCP/UDP URLs for any localhost service. Open source, self-hostable.
rustunnel vs similar servers
| Server | Stars | Type | API key | Runtime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rustunnel | 656 | Local | No | mcpb |
| fastCRW | 1,079 | Hosted | No | None |
| Omnara | 2,873 | Hosted | No | None |
| bernstein | 1,300 | Local | No | pypi |
| ref-tools-mcp | 1,176 | Local | Yes | npm |
Questions
No. The registry entry lists no keys or environment variables.
Claude Desktop (one-click .mcpb bundle) or Claude Desktop (one-click .mcpb bundle) or Claude Desktop (one-click .mcpb bundle) or Claude Desktop (one-click .mcpb bundle) or Claude Desktop (one-click .mcpb bundle) or Docker, plus an MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, Claude Desktop or Cursor.
rustunnel is a local MCP server distributed as the mcpb package https://github.com/joaoh82/rustunnel/releases/download/v0.8.5/rustunnel-mcp-aarch64-apple-darwin.mcpb.
Run: claude mcp add rustunnel -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/joaoh82/rustunnel-mcp:0.8.5
Run: codex mcp add rustunnel -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/joaoh82/rustunnel-mcp:0.8.5
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