Show HN: TunnelBuddy – Share your internet via HTTPS proxy over WebRTC

[xrmagnum]

Hi HN,

I'm Oli, a solo dev. I’ve been working on TunnelBuddy, a small desktop app that lets you expose your home internet as an HTTPS proxy to a trusted buddy over a WebRTC peer-to-peer tunnel.

Typical use cases:

You’re travelling but want banks/admin portals to see your actual home IP.

A friend in another country needs to reach something that only works from your region.

You want to reproduce “this only breaks on my home ISP” bugs without setting up a full VPN mesh.

Business / model

Right now:

The app is free.

There’s a tip/donation flow to help cover signalling + infra.

No ads, no “free in exchange for data”, no tracker SDKs.

I might add a “pro/advanced” tier later (longer sessions, more host controls, linux build and daemon), but I want the basic “buddy-to-buddy proxy” use case to stay straightforward.

Happy to answer technical questions, thanks guys!

[lobito25]

Sounds great. Do you consider open source the code?

[xrmagnum]

I’m definitely open to open-sourcing it, just not immediately. I’d like to stabilise it, run a beta, and fix the most obvious flaws first.