rustunnel MCP server

Name: rustunnel
Author: joaoh82

Self-hosted, secure tunnel server in Rust. Expose local HTTP/HTTPS/TCP/UDP services to the public internet via TLS-encrypted WebSocket. Open-source, pay-as-you-go managed option, MCP server for AI agents.

What rustunnel does

Summarised from the project README; check the repository for the latest details.

Tools exposed (6)

create_tunnel – Open a tunnel and return the public URL — HTTP/TCP/UDP, P2P, and load-balanced pools with health checks
list_tunnels – List all active tunnels
close_tunnel – Force-close a tunnel by ID
list_regions – List available server regions
get_connection_info – Return the CLI command for cloud/sandbox agents
get_tunnel_history – Retrieve past tunnel activity

Requirements

Environment variables: RUSTUNNEL_TOKEN

Repository: joaoh82/rustunnel
Website: https://rustunnel.com
Stars: ★659
Language: Rust
Last updated: 2026-09-03
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How to install rustunnel MCP in Claude Desktop, Cursor and VS Code

Install

Taken from the project README (README Cursor install link). Check the README for required API keys before use.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rustunnel": {
      "command": "rustunnel-mcp",
      "args": [
        "--server",
        "eu.edge.rustunnel.com:4040",
        "--api",
        "https://eu.edge.rustunnel.com:8443"
      ],
      "env": {
        "RUSTUNNEL_TOKEN": "YOUR_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rustunnel": {
      "command": "rustunnel-mcp",
      "args": [
        "--server",
        "eu.edge.rustunnel.com:4040",
        "--api",
        "https://eu.edge.rustunnel.com:8443"
      ],
      "env": {
        "RUSTUNNEL_TOKEN": "YOUR_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "rustunnel": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "rustunnel-mcp",
      "args": [
        "--server",
        "eu.edge.rustunnel.com:4040",
        "--api",
        "https://eu.edge.rustunnel.com:8443"
      ],
      "env": {
        "RUSTUNNEL_TOKEN": "YOUR_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

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