Don't we use Tailscale for this?
Or ngrok, or Cloudflare Tunnel or https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling
I'm gonna add https://localhost.run as a contender.
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#22Kulfi red flags:
Does the same thing as a bunch of other systems (e.g. Tor) without providing any comparison of what this one does better.
Docs pages are TODO, certainly don't explain how it works.
Website is "Copyright 2025 YourCompany, Inc."
Discord link goes to something called "fastn" with apparently no relation to Kulfi.
Re: Show HN: Malai – securely share local TCP services (database/SSH) with others
#23Kulfi red flags: Does the same thing as a bunch of other systems (e.g. Tor) without providing any comparison of what this one does better. Docs pages are TODO, certainly don't explain how it works. Website is "Copyright 2025 YourCompany, Inc." Discord link goes to something called "fastn" with apparently no relation to Kulfi.
fastn is an ingredient to kulfi project. fastn.com is a full stack programming language we (FifthTry, Inc, the company behind these) have built, and it is the web server that is going to be part of Kulfi app.
The comparison posts, TODO, copyright etc we will do/fix when we get around to it. It's all open source, you can send PRs as well.
Re: Show HN: Malai – securely share local TCP services (database/SSH) with others
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Unlike tailscale/ngrok, malai is completely open source, does not rely on any company provided infrastructure (we have a http bridge to bridge http/tcp with http/kulfi at *.kulfi.site, but you can run your own http bridge), and once Kulfi app is ready, you will not need the bridge at all and Kulfi app (which is also basically a browser that speaks http(s) over kulfi along with http(s) over tcp) can talk kulfi protoco…
Iroh requires relay servers; so wouldn't Malai need those?
Yes, we are currently using iroh provided relay servers. malai will soon connect with any relay server, so in future you can use ones provided by us, or run your own.
Re: Show HN: Malai – securely share local TCP services (database/SSH) with others
#25'hehe, malai, wonder if they know' -- 'oh, kulfi, ok they definitely know' -- just a fun quirky name, or an analogy I'm missing?
malai: cream that forms on top of milk when it cools down, its a flavor of kulfi. kulfi: a milk based ice cream / desert. Nothing to do with networking etc, just a desert I enjoyed since childhood :-)
Nice naming of your projects. It just caught my attention :).
Re: Show HN: Malai – securely share local TCP services (database/SSH) with others
#26'hehe, malai, wonder if they know' -- 'oh, kulfi, ok they definitely know' -- just a fun quirky name, or an analogy I'm missing?
malai: cream that forms on top of milk when it cools down, its a flavor of kulfi. kulfi: a milk based ice cream / desert. Nothing to do with networking etc, just a desert I enjoyed since childhood :-)
malai also means mountain in my mother tongue Tamil and I am named as malai.
Re: Show HN: Malai – securely share local TCP services (database/SSH) with others
#27Kulfi red flags: Does the same thing as a bunch of other systems (e.g. Tor) without providing any comparison of what this one does better. Docs pages are TODO, certainly don't explain how it works. Website is "Copyright 2025 YourCompany, Inc." Discord link goes to something called "fastn" with apparently no relation to Kulfi.
A few more:
No explanation of how it works
Comments in this thread reveal a bunch of obscure components that also don't have much details.
Re: Show HN: Malai – securely share local TCP services (database/SSH) with others
#28what problem does this solve over ngrok/tailserve?
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