# Inlets - **Website:** - **Primary alias:** `inlets.dev` ## Description Inlets is a cloud native tunneling solution that provides secure tunnels from development to production. It allows you to get live traffic to your development machine, just like in production, using encrypted tunnels. Whether you're running in containers or on bare metal, inlets scales smoothly as your needs grow. Say goodbye to the complications of firewalls and NAT and start saving on your cloud costs. With inlets, you can bring public traffic to your local environment or local traffic into a public cluster without the hassle of managing VPNs or dealing with the limitations of SaaS solutions. It connects just the HTTP and TCP services that matter to your network, ensuring that your tunnels are secured by default with encryption. inlets is designed to work well on bare-metal, containers, and Kubernetes. It even has built-in support for Prometheus metrics, allowing you to monitor and measure your tunnels effectively. Additionally, inlets offers seamless integration with webhooks from popular platforms like Stripe, GitHub, and Slack. By using inlets, you can make the most of your existing hardware investment by bringing real traffic to your local machines. It enables you to connect legacy applications, private test environments, and GPUs to your public cloud account, providing a hassle-free hybrid cloud experience. Looking for a way to expose multiple ports from a private network? inlets has got you covered. In TCP mode, traffic received on the server is sent directly to the client, making it easy to self-host any HTTP endpoint with a HTTPS certificate. The built-in Let's Encrypt support ensures that users can easily access your private services. Whether you're working with a local self-hosted Kubernetes cluster or need to connect hundreds or thousands of private customer networks or devices to your SaaS, inlets has the capabilities to meet your needs. It offers a cloud LoadBalancer for your local Kubernetes cluster, making it easy to connect to your customers. With inlets, you can connect customer devices and services to your SaaS without any hassle. It provides a secure and reliable way to integrate with your customers and expand your offerings. When it comes to connecting your services, inlets offers features that set it apart from VPNs and managed SaaS tunnels. With inlets Pro, you have the flexibility to define one or more ports or domains to connect, and it supports custom domains for seamless integration. Unlike VPNs, inlets Pro has low setup costs and can handle unlimited connection rate-limiting. Whether you're concerned about data sovereignty or need to work with specific network configurations like HTTP_PROXY, NAT, and Captive Portals, inlets has you covered. It works well in various network environments, including NAT and Carrier Grade NAT (CGN), and can be used in VPCs, containers, Kubernetes, and even hotel WiFi. Testimonials from satisfied users speak to the effectiveness and reliability of inlets Pro. From providing staging environments and preview build URLs to training machine learning models over secure tunnels, inlets has proven to be a valuable tool for various use cases. In summary, inlets offers a comprehensive and secure tunneling solution for cloud-native environments. Whether you're a developer looking to streamline your development workflow or a business in need of seamless connectivity for your services, inlets has the features and capabilities to meet your needs. Try it out today and experience the power of secure and efficient tunneling. ## Industries - 🖥 Computers Electronics and Technology - 🖥 Cloud Services and Computing _(under Computers Electronics and Technology)_ - 🖥 Programming and Developer Software _(under Computers Electronics and Technology)_ ## Links - [twitter](https://twitter.com/inletsdev) - [github](https://github.com/inlets) ## Logos & icons - logo _(primary)_ — PNG, SVG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idG1c-0pOn/w/820/h/615/theme/dark/logo.png?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1772110309413) - icon _(primary)_ — JPEG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idG1c-0pOn/w/400/h/400/theme/dark/icon.jpeg?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1772110309505) ## Colors | Name | Hex | Theme | | --- | --- | --- | | Wisteria | #9b59b6 | accent | | Mirage | #161d2d | dark | | Royal Blue | #5750ec | light | ## Fonts - system-ui — asset _(custom)_ - Inter — asset _(google)_ ## Imagery - banner _(primary)_ — JPEG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idG1c-0pOn/w/1500/h/500/idmuTjU56i.jpeg?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1772110309734) --- _Source: _ _See [/llms.txt](/llms.txt) for a full list of agent-readable pages, and [/auth.md](/auth.md) for how agents authenticate._