What is Inlets?
You can use it to connect HTTP and TCP services between networks securely. Through an encrypted websocket, it can penetrate firewalls, NAT, captive portals, and other restrictive networks lowering the barrier to entry.
Inlets is a tool in the Load Balancer / Reverse Proxy category of a tech stack.
Inlets is an open source tool with GitHub stars and GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Inlets's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses Inlets?
Inlets Integrations
Inlets's Features
- Low-maintenance, secure, and quick alternative to a VPN
- Provide APIs endpoints to consume data from third-parties and partners
- For command and control of: services within private VPCs, IoT devices and Point of Sale (PoS)
- Create a hybrid cloud between existing servers and public cloud for: CI, e2e testing, or for accessing legacy systems
- As an alternative to an expensive data-center uplink such as AWS Direct Connect or Azure Express Route.
Inlets Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Inlets?
ngrok
ngrok is a reverse proxy that creates a secure tunnel between from a public endpoint to a locally running web service. ngrok captures and analyzes all traffic over the tunnel for later inspection and replay.
Git
Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
GitHub
GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. Over three million people use GitHub to build amazing things together.
Visual Studio Code
Build and debug modern web and cloud applications. Code is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows.
Docker
The Docker Platform is the industry-leading container platform for continuous, high-velocity innovation, enabling organizations to seamlessly build and share any application — from legacy to what comes next — and securely run them anywhere