# cloudflared

Command-line tunneling daemon that connects a web server or other origin to the Cloudflare network without opening inbound firewall ports.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/cloudflared/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-28
Listed since: 2026-10-28

## Record

### Links

- home: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/networks/connectors/cloudflare-tunnel/
- repository: https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared
- docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/networks/connectors/cloudflare-tunnel/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Cloudflare, Inc.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2020
- hqCountry: US

### Kind

- category: web-server
- hosting: binary
- language: go
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: binary download

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: unknown
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-27

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 16327
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 105
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- name: https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/networks/connectors/cloudflare-tunnel/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/cloudflare/cloudflared (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://www.cloudflare.com/website-terms/ (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainerType: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/networks/connectors/cloudflare-tunnel/downloads/ (read 2026-10-28)
- hqCountry: https://www.cloudflare.com/website-terms/ (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/cloudflare/cloudflared (read 2026-10-28)
- runtime: https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/cloudflare/cloudflared (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/cloudflare/cloudflared (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/cloudflare/cloudflared/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

cloudflared is the command-line client for Cloudflare Tunnel, a tunneling daemon that proxies traffic from the Cloudflare network to your origins. The daemon sits between the Cloudflare network and an origin such as a web server, so the origin can stay closed to inbound connections. The [Cloudflare Tunnel documentation](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/networks/connectors/cloudflare-tunnel/) covers setup and routing. It is distributed as standalone binaries, a Docker image, and Debian, RPM and Homebrew packages.

## Worth knowing

The tunnel is a service that Cloudflare hosts. The README asks users to add a website to a Cloudflare account before they use it, and says the requirement is kept for legacy reasons.

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