How Pluggie works under the hood, honest comparisons, and practical guides for self-hosters.
We relay your encrypted traffic without decrypting it — but we control the domain. Here is the full technical picture, what that means in practice, and what we commit to as operators.
Read article → Product UpdateSince Pluggie 0.7.0, login notifications show who really tried to sign in, and Home Assistant's IP banning finally works per visitor. Here is what changed and what you need to do.
Read article → GuideSeeing "400: Bad Request" when you open Home Assistant through Pluggie? A two-minute, one-time setting fixes it. Step by step for Home Assistant 2026.8+, older versions and Docker.
Read article → Deep DivePort forwarding still works — when your ISP lets it — but a port opened on a residential router today is found and probed within minutes. Here is what actually happens, and what the trade-offs of each approach really are.
Read article → GuideStep-by-step guide to setting up secure remote access to Home Assistant using Pluggie — no router configuration required.
Read article → Deep DiveCloudflare Tunnel requires your domain's nameservers to point to Cloudflare. Here's exactly what that means, what it costs if you don't want to, and what alternatives exist.
Read article → Deep DiveCloudflare Tunnel terminates TLS at their edge servers. Your login credentials, device commands, and camera feeds are decrypted at Cloudflare's infrastructure. Here's what that means.
Read article → Deep DiveYour ISP may be blocking all inbound connections to your home network. Here's what CGNAT is, how to detect it, and your options.
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