sish Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy sish on xCloud and get sish hosting for an SSH tunnel server on your own domain. xCloud runs the pinned official image, generates the tunnel password, keeps the SSH host key in a persistent volume and publishes the web side over HTTPS in minutes. Then one ssh -R command exposes a local web app or a TCP service through your server, with no extra client software on the machine being shared.

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What is sish?

sish is open-source SSH tunneling for HTTP(S), WebSocket, TCP, aliases and SNI. Upstream pitches it for people who like ngrok or serveo style sharing but want plain SSH on their own infrastructure, so a self-hosted sish needs no custom client: users connect with commands they already know. Typical uses are sharing a local web app over HTTPS and exposing a TCP service on an external port. It is MIT licensed.

On xCloud the install runs sish v2.24.1 from the official image, pinned by digest, with a small busybox health-check sidecar. The site domain serves the web tunnel over HTTPS, while the SSH port and three TCP tunnel ports are public raw TCP ports. The sish_keys volume keeps the SSH host key, and sish_pubkeys holds optional authorized keys. xCloud generates the tunnel password.

From Sign-Up to Your First Tunnel In Just 3 Easy Steps

A tunnel server normally means a VPS, an SSH daemon, a reverse proxy, a domain, a certificate and a password policy before the first tunnel opens. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick sish from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server — there are no extra fields to fill in.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official sish image, pinned by immutable digest, with a small health-check sidecar, mount the sish_keys and sish_pubkeys volumes, generate the SSH password and publish the web side over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Open Your First Tunnel
Save the SSH password from the installation credentials, then run ssh -p <SSH port> -R :80:localhost:3000 tunnel@<server IP> and enter it. Open your HTTPS site domain to see your local app served through the tunnel.

Everything sish Does, On Your Own Server

sish runs here as a self-hosted tunnel endpoint: a web tunnel on your HTTPS domain and three TCP tunnel ports, all opened with plain SSH.

Web Tunnels With A Plain ssh Command
Run ssh -R :80:localhost:3000 and the local app is served at your site domain over HTTPS.
Three TCP Tunnel Ports
Forward a raw TCP service, for example a database, through one of the TCP tunnel ports 3001, 3002 or 3003.
Password Or Public-Key Login
Tunnels need the generated 32-character SSH password, and any username works; optional authorized public keys go in the sish_pubkeys volume.
A Stable SSH Host Key
The host key lives in the sish_keys volume, so clients see no changed-fingerprint warning after an xCloud Restart.
No Client Software Beyond OpenSSH
The machine being exposed only needs the ssh command it already has.
Very Light To Run
The template asks for 1 CPU core, 128 MB of RAM and 1 GB of disk, and idle use measured about 8 MiB in QA.

Everything You Need To Run Your Tunnel Server 24/7

Managed hosting for sish, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

sish v2.24.1 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
SSH password generated for you
Persistent SSH host key
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With sish

Show a work in progress to a client
Share a local site at your own HTTPS domain with a plain ssh -R :80:localhost:3000 command, so a client or teammate can open it without deploying anything.
Forward a database or other TCP service
Expose a raw TCP service through one of three tunnel ports, 3001 to 3003, on your server when you need to reach it from outside.
Skip an agent on every machine
Let anyone with OpenSSH and the generated password open a tunnel, so there is no client or account to install and manage on each laptop.
Keep tunnel traffic on your own server
Send traffic through your own server and domain, with no third-party tunnel service in between.

sish Screenshots

A local web app served through a sish web tunnel at the site domain

sish vs Alternatives

ngrok: ngrok is a hosted tunnelling service. As an ngrok alternative, sish runs on your own server and domain and uses plain SSH, with no third-party tunnel service in between.
serveo: In a sish vs serveo comparison, serveo is a hosted SSH-based tunnel that sish's own README compares itself with. sish gives you the same plain-SSH workflow on infrastructure you control.
tuns.sh: tuns.sh is the managed service linked from sish's README, used with ssh -R 80:localhost:8080 tuns.sh. Self-hosting sish on xCloud puts the same server on your own domain.
A bare ssh -R to your own server: A plain reverse forward to a public server exposes a port. sish on xCloud wraps that same command with a web tunnel on your HTTPS site domain, three TCP tunnel slots and a persistent SSH host key.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for sish hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if sish sits alongside other developer tools.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. sish itself is licensed by its maintainers under MIT.

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Priced per connected server, so your rate adjusts automatically as you add or remove servers. You pay your own provider for the server itself.

Self-managed hosting

Ready To Run Your Own Tunnel Server?

sish on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Can you self-host sish with Docker?

Yes, and this template is sish Docker hosting without the setup. Upstream offers Docker and binary releases; here xCloud runs the pinned antoniomika/sish image beside a health-check sidecar, adds two volumes, a generated password and HTTPS for the web side.

How much RAM does sish need?

Barely any: the floor is 128 MB of RAM, a single core and 1 GB of disk, and QA saw about 8 MiB idle. The 6 GB plan is simply the entry rung. Request bodies passing a web tunnel are buffered in memory, so very large uploads cost more.

How do I open a tunnel with sish?

Run ssh -p your-SSH-port -R :80:localhost:3000 tunnel@your-server-IP and enter the generated SSH password; any username works. The local app on port 3000 is then served at your HTTPS site domain. Use -R 3001:localhost:5432 for a TCP tunnel.

Can I get a subdomain per tunnel with sish?

Not out of the box. Web tunnels use the root domain and TCP tunnels use ports 3001 to 3003. Subdomains need a wildcard DNS record and a wildcard certificate that you add yourself, and only the -R :80: form opens the web tunnel.

Do I need to open ports for sish?

Yes. The SSH port and the three TCP tunnel ports are public raw TCP ports on the server, and nothing opens them in your firewall for you. Open the ones you use in your own firewall, and leave the rest closed.

Are my tunnelled apps protected by sish?

No. Tunnelled apps are public: sish adds no login in front of them, and only the SSH password controls who can open tunnels. The SSH port is internet-facing with a single shared password, so use a long one and expose only what you are happy to publish.

What should I back up on a sish server?

Back up the sish_keys volume, which holds the SSH host key, plus sish_pubkeys if you use key authentication. Keeping sish_keys lets clients see the same host fingerprint after you move servers, so nobody gets a changed-key warning.

Backups in xCloud

How do I upgrade sish?

Pinned v2.24.1 remains in place until you adopt a newer template version. Back up sish_keys first, read the project's release notes, then redeploy. Running sites are never upgraded automatically, and the host key lives on its own volume so clients keep trusting the server.

Is sish free?

Yes. sish is MIT licensed, so nothing is charged for the software. Your bill is the dedicated Cloud VPS, whose bandwidth tunnel traffic uses. Upstream's README also links a separate managed service, tuns.sh, which this template does not use.

How is sish different from ngrok?

sish runs on your own server and domain with plain SSH, so there is no custom client and no third-party tunnel service in between. Upstream pitches it as the same kind of instant sharing, with you running the infrastructure.

Is there a sish cloud service?

Upstream's README links a managed service, tuns.sh, which this template does not use. On xCloud the tunnel server sits on a Cloud VPS in your account, answers on your domain and is guarded by the SSH password you hold.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.