Plans

hostlocal is free to use. Two tiers are available depending on whether you have an account.

Anonymous (no account)

• No sign-up required — just open the site and start a tunnel.
• STUN-only NAT traversal — works for most home and office networks.
• Sessions expire after 3 hours — the host UI will show a notice when the session expires. Existing peer-to-peer viewer connections continue working; no new viewers can join after expiry.

Authenticated (free account)

• STUN + TURN relay — adds a TURN relay server for connections behind symmetric NAT (common on some corporate networks). The connection quality indicator in the host dashboard shows yellow when TURN is in use.
• Sessions do not expire — keep a tunnel open as long as you need.
• Free account — sign in with a magic link sent to your email address. No password required.

Note: A session’s tier is fixed at creation time. If you start a tunnel without logging in, the session remains anonymous for its lifetime. Log in before starting a tunnel to get TURN relay and no expiry.

Log in for a free account