zt

What is zt?

zt exposes a local service through Cloudflare Tunnel while handling the associated DNS record, ingress rules and optional Cloudflare Access policy. It is intended for developers and self-hosting administrators who prefer terminal commands to repeating the same setup in a dashboard. Use an explicit local port, or let the Docker option detect a running container's port.

The command-line workflow covers creating and removing tunnels, listing managed services, inspecting status and logs, and checking dependencies and configuration with zt doctor. Each new tunnel requires an explicit choice between an email-based Access policy and public access; public mode does not create an Access application.

The linked package is the publisher's Windows x64 executable for version 0.11.0, not a graphical installer. Run it from cmd, PowerShell or Windows Terminal. A Cloudflare-managed domain, an appropriately permissioned API token and cloudflared in PATH are prerequisites; zt does not install or manage cloudflared. On Windows, the scheduled task runs in your own signed-in session and starts at logon, not before any user signs in.

The screenshot is a still from the publisher's terminal demonstration showing tunnel listing and diagnostics under Linux/systemd. It illustrates the CLI workflow, not the Windows Task Scheduler implementation or a test performed by SoftGalaxy.

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