Why hackers moved from Cloudflare Tunnels to rathole/traefik

1 hacker described this switch in public comments. Their words, with links to the originals.

Cloudflare Tunnels 0 hackers criticize it
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rathole/traefik 1 hacker recommends it

What hackers said about the move

“I switched from Cloudflare Tunnels to a rathole/traefik based solution”
antihero, 2026-04-13original comment ↗

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Cloudflare Tunnels vs rathole/traefik

Cloudflare Tunnelsrathole/traefik
Hackers who recommend11
Hackers who criticize00
Moved away from it10
Moved to it01

Counts are distinct hackers in the sampled comments, not market share.

Criticism of Cloudflare Tunnels

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Praise for rathole/traefik

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