cloudflared VS ddclient

Compare cloudflared vs ddclient and see what are their differences.

ddclient

This is the new home for ddclient. Ddclient is a Perl client used to update dynamic DNS entries for accounts on 'Dynamic DNS Network Services' free DNS service. It currently supports a lot of different routers and a few different services. (by ddclient)
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cloudflared ddclient
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7,844 1,648
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8.8 1.6
4 days ago 10 months ago
Go Perl
Apache License 2.0 GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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cloudflared

Posts with mentions or reviews of cloudflared. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-12.
  • Colab error on second call with stable diffusion xl refiner
    3 projects | /r/StableDiffusion | 12 Aug 2023
    # Install apt dependencies !apt install dotnet-sdk-7.0 git # Install Clouldflared (not on apt) !wget https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/cloudflared-linux-amd64.deb !dpkg -i cloudflared-linux-amd64.deb # Download StableSwarmUI !git clone https://github.com/Stability-AI/StableSwarmUI # Download ComfyUI backend %cd /content/StableSwarmUI !mkdir /content/StableSwarmUI/dlbackend %cd /content/StableSwarmUI/dlbackend !git clone https://github.com/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI %cd /content/StableSwarmUI/dlbackend/ComfyUI # Setup ComfyUI !pip install -r requirements.txt
  • Servarr : One docker compose file to rule them all (Jellyfin, radarr, sonarr, firefox, duplicati...)
    3 projects | /r/docker | 28 Jun 2023
    Something like cloudflared would be awesome. https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared
  • KoboldAI?
    2 projects | /r/VenusAI_Official | 5 Jun 2023
    if you're on windows, you can install it with the exe: https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/cloudflared-windows-amd64.exe (or https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/cloudflared-windows-386.exe if your using 32bit windows.)
  • Problem related to UI interface
    2 projects | /r/StableDiffusion | 22 Apr 2023
    %cd /content/naifu !pip install virtualenv && bash ./setup.sh !curl -Ls https://github.com/ekzhang/bore/releases/download/v0.4.0/bore-v0.4.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz | tar zx -C /usr/bin !curl -Lo /usr/bin/cloudflared https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/cloudflared-linux-amd64 && chmod +x /usr/bin/cloudflared !/content/naifu/venv/bin/python -m pip install -qq pytorch_lightning==1.7.7
  • How a reverse proxy like Cloudflare works in front of kub clusters?
    2 projects | /r/kubernetes | 18 Mar 2023
    As an alternative to traditional ingress, you can use cloudflared to expose web apps on Cloudflare via encrypted tunnels: https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared
  • Cloudflare tunnels appear to be going down repeatedly today
    2 projects | /r/CloudFlare | 16 Mar 2023
  • How much can you get out of a $4 VPS?
    12 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Feb 2023
    It's not an issue anymore. Your main concerns are power and internet stability. Plus, upload speed. The rest can be worked out.

    https://www.cloudflare.com/products/tunnel/

    https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared

    https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections...

  • How to set a static IP?
    2 projects | /r/klippers | 3 Feb 2023
    I would suggest a reverse proxy tunnel. There is a great and mostly free one I personally use by Cloudflare. You will need a domain, cloudflare account and install the cloudflared client on your machine. For security you can lock down this tunnel in many ways as cloudflare gives you many many options. Zero trust is a good one to look at if you are wanting to secure what ever you want to expose with a login through google or GitHub.
  • Nextcloud ! Why is it so F*ing difficult to setup!
    15 projects | /r/selfhosted | 16 Jan 2023
    I shared the same feeling until I gave up on "fixing" nextcloud for external access. Slapped cloudflared tunnel on it. You may have to disable Rocket Loader to get the homepage to work properly but after that it just works.
    15 projects | /r/selfhosted | 16 Jan 2023
    mariadb: # https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-mariadb/releases image: lscr.io/linuxserver/mariadb:${MARIADB_VERSION:-latest} container_name: nextcloud_mariadb environment: - PUID=${PUID} - PGID=${PGID} - TZ=${TZ} - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=${NEXTCLOUD_MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD} - MYSQL_DATABASE=nextcloud - MYSQL_USER=nextcloud - MYSQL_PASSWORD=${NEXTCLOUD_MARIADB_PASSWORD} volumes: - ${NEXTCLOUD_PATH}/mariadb:/config security_opt: - no-new-privileges:true restart: unless-stopped labels: - "com.centurylinklabs.watchtower.enable=true" redis: # https://hub.docker.com/\_/redis?tab=tags image: redis:${REDIS_VERSION:-latest} container_name: nextcloud_redis security_opt: - no-new-privileges:true restart: unless-stopped labels: - "com.centurylinklabs.watchtower.enable=true" cloudflared: # https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases image: cloudflare/cloudflared:${CLOUDFLARED_VERSION:-latest} container_name: nextcloud_cloudflared_tunnel command: tunnel run environment: - TUNNEL_TOKEN=${CLOUDFLARED_TUNNEL_TOKEN} restart: unless-stopped labels: - "com.centurylinklabs.watchtower.enable=true" watchtower: ## https://containrrr.dev/watchtower/ image: containrrr/watchtower:${WATCHTOWER_VERSION:-latest} container_name: nextcloud_watchtower environment: - WATCHTOWER_CLEANUP=${WATCHTOWER_CLEANUP:-false} - WATCHTOWER_LABEL_ENABLE=${WATCHTOWER_LABEL_ENABLE:-false} - WATCHTOWER_SCHEDULE=${WATCHTOWER_SCHEDULE:-0 0 0 * * *} ## https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/robfig/[email protected]#hdr-CRON\_Expression\_Format volumes: - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro restart: unless-stopped

ddclient

Posts with mentions or reviews of ddclient. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-02.
  • DDclient and Cloudflare (Dynamic DNS)
    2 projects | /r/SelfHosting | 2 Oct 2023
    Check your distribution's repos first, but Ddclient doesn’t have an automatic installation procedure. Get the tar-file from https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient/releases and untar it. Copy the perl script to your favorite location (ex. /usr/sbin) and create a
  • Install ddclient on pfSense?
    2 projects | /r/PFSENSE | 20 May 2023
    As I recall ddclient is a perl script or some such. It should be relatively easy to just download and build it. https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient/releases
  • [Question] ddclient with porkbun domain and their API
    2 projects | /r/HomeNetworking | 30 Apr 2023
    FROM alpine:3.17.3 RUN apk update && apk upgrade RUN apk add git make autoconf automake perl-io-socket-inet6 perl-io-socket-ssl WORKDIR /opt RUN git clone https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient.git WORKDIR /opt/ddclient RUN ./autogen && ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc/ddclient --localstatedir=/var RUN make && make VERBOSE=1 check && make install RUN rm /etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf && touch /opt/ddclient.config && ln -s /opt/ddclient.config /etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf RUN chmod 600 /etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/sh"] CMD ["-c", "ddclient; while true; do sleep 3600; done"]
    2 projects | /r/HomeNetworking | 30 Apr 2023
    Hello u/porkbunregistrar. I tried to use ddclient with porkbun. I use latest ddclient image from linuxserver.io Here link to dockerhub: https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/ddclient/tags They use version 3.10.0 On the official github repository https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient current version is 3.10.0 also.
  • Inadyn an alternative Dynamic DNS Client from DDclient
    2 projects | /r/selfhosted | 23 Apr 2023
    So a came accros Inadyn which compared to the current state of DDclient, is being actively maintained. More info here from what i am talking about.
  • Selfhosted duckdns equivalent?
    3 projects | /r/selfhosted | 13 Apr 2023
    You can use ddclient, it supports a lot of DNS providers: https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient
  • What Python script could you not live without?
    4 projects | /r/Python | 29 Dec 2022
    I did try using ddclient (https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient) before writing my own script but couldnt get it to work on my rpi.
  • Which option to use to create a private network (VPN) for all my devices which I can connect to from anywhere
    5 projects | /r/selfhosted | 16 Dec 2022
  • A guide for getting started with Self Hosting
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 23 Oct 2022
    If someone has to deal with dynamic IP addresses and wants to use dynamic DNS as well, there's also the pretty nice ddclient package: https://ddclient.net/

    I've been using it with NameCheap pretty successfully for a while now, here's an example of some of the integrations it supports: https://ddclient.net/protocols.html (sadly no DigitalOcean integration as of yet, but this might be of use to others)

  • Doubt about reverse proxy and dynamic IP
    2 projects | /r/selfhosted | 29 Jul 2022
    You would create one A record and use something like ddclient to update the IP address whenever it changes. Then create as many CNAME records (these are like an alias) as you want and point them to the A record.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing cloudflared and ddclient you can also consider the following projects:

awesome-tunneling - List of ngrok/Cloudflare Tunnel alternatives and other tunneling software and services. Focus on self-hosting.

ZeroTier - A Smart Ethernet Switch for Earth

dnscrypt-proxy - dnscrypt-proxy 2 - A flexible DNS proxy, with support for encrypted DNS protocols.

tailscale - The easiest, most secure way to use WireGuard and 2FA.

Bypass_CGNAT - Wireguard setup to bypass CGNAT with a VPS

Nginx Proxy Manager - Docker container for managing Nginx proxy hosts with a simple, powerful interface

ngrok-c - ngrok client for c language,Due to the use of GO ngrok language development, porting to embedded devices some inconvenience, such as openwrt, so use C language rewrite a client. Very mini, the need to support polarssl library.

wireguard-kmod - WireGuard for UDM series routers

frp - A fast reverse proxy to help you expose a local server behind a NAT or firewall to the internet.

unifios-utilities - A collection of enhancements for UnifiOS based devices

headscale - An open source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server

cloudflare-ddns-updater - Dynamic DNS (DDNS) service based on Cloudflare! Access your home network remotely via a custom domain name without a static IP! Written in pure BASH~