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Install playit

A global proxy that allows anyone to host a server without port forwarding.

Install with winget
winget install --id DevelopedMethods.playit
Upgrade
winget upgrade --id DevelopedMethods.playit
Uninstall
winget uninstall --id DevelopedMethods.playit

About playit

playit.gg is a networking service that make it possible to host game servers at home that anyone across the world can join. We do this through our custom tunneling software. You can find our opensource client here. When you launch the playit program, the program will connect to our Anycast Network and assign you a static IP and port. You can then share your static IP and port with friends. When they connect, their connection information will go to the nearest tunnel server and be tunneled to the playit program runn...

What's new in 1.0.10

- fix /var/log/playit permission issues when upgrading from pre 1.0 (systemd unit didn't work the way I thought) - do not require systemd for packages and add openrc configs to /opt/playit for manual install - improve conflict logic for alpine linux apk package

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Version history

Version Updated Notes
1.0.10 Unknown - fix /var/log/playit permission issues when upgrading from pre 1.0 (systemd unit didn't work the way I thought) - do not require systemd for packages and add openrc configs to /opt/playit for manual install - improve co...
1.0.9 Unknown Release notes
1.0.8 Unknown Release notes
1.0.7 Unknown - Add support for alternative service manager OpenRC - Add command line errors to help users not using a service manager - Add builds for Arch (.pkg), Fedora (.rpm), and Alpine Linux (.apk)
1.0.6 Unknown Ignore UDP Connection Reset errors and protect against excess UDP error logging Notes - on ConnectionReset we would tear down the UDP connection and let it be cleaned up - can happen when the origin is no longer online o...
1.0.5 Unknown - Fix UDP bug where if permissions causes a UDP read to fail program closes :face_exhaling:
1.0.4 Unknown - Remove noisy log statement (slow IPC client) - Add rate limit to logging to prevent spamming logs - Add log rotation to windows to limit logs to 15MB total - Copy over secret key in installer to be used with new servic...
1.0.3 Unknown - Fix permission issues with windows installer - Have linux deb installer remove legacy systemd unit
1.0.2 Unknown Forgot to tag new version number in 1.0.1
0.17.1 Unknown Fix logging to file for .deb package
0.16.5 Unknown - Fix proxy protocol for UDP tunnels (src and dst were swapped)
0.16.4 Unknown - update dependencies - mainly released 0.16.4 to sign using new key
0.16.3 Unknown Adding timeouts to make sure update loop doesn't get stuck.
0.16.2 Unknown Release notes
0.15.26 Unknown - Rewrites how UDP works in the playit program - Adds support for Proxy Protocol V2 \w UDP tunnels
0.15.25 Unknown - Removes arm docker build from github actions (causes workflow to freeze)
0.15.22 Unknown - adds ping-monitor to playit-cli - replaces openssl with rustls \w ring - adjusts udp channel session timers
0.15.21 Unknown Add "docker" version to register for docker image
0.15.18 Unknown Install desktop shortcut on windows with MSI installer
0.15.17 Unknown Use reqwest instead of hyper to try and fix cross builds