UNIQX

A simple HTTP/TCP tunnel in Rust that exposes local ports to a remote server, bypassing standard NAT connection firewalls.

Installation

Using Rust

cargo install --git https://github.com/unique1o1/uniqx.git

Using pre-built binary

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://yunik.com.np/installer.sh \
    | sudo bash -s -- --repo unique1o1/uniqx --to /usr/local/bin

Detailed Usage

This section describes detailed usage for the uniqx CLI command.

Local Forwarding

You can forward a port on your local machine by using the uniqx command. This takes a positional argument, the local port to forward, as well as a mandatory --remote-host option, which specifies the address of the remote server, and a --subdomain option.

HTTP

uniqx client http --remote-host example.com --local-port 9000 --subdomain unique

To enable console UI

uniqx client http --remote-host example.com --local-port 9000 --subdomain unique --console

TCP

uniqx client tcp --port 61589 --remote-host example.com --local-port 5432 --subdomain db

In the case of TCP you can pass in a --port option to pick a specific port on the remote to expose, although the command will fail if this port is not available. Also, passing --local-host allows you to expose a different host on your local area network besides the loopback address localhost.

The full options are shown below using --help option.

uniqx client --help

Deploy your own UNIQ tunnel server

You have to deploy your own tunnel server for the client to work.

uniqx server --domain "example.com"

That's all it takes! After the server starts running at a given address, you can then update the uniqx command with option --remote-host <ADDRESS> to forward a local port to this remote server.

The full options for the bore server command are shown below.

uniqx server --help

Update Uniqx

sudo uniqx update

The uniqx tool has an implicit control port at 9876 that is used for creating new connections on demand. When the client initializes a connection, it sends a message to the server on the TCP control port, asking to proxy a selected protocol and remote port(for TCP). The server then responds with an acknowledgement and begins listening for external HTTP/TCP connections.