Who is Doormouse for?

Doormouse is an open-source project built for self-hosting enthusiasts and system administrators.

Yes — Doormouse is open source under the Open Source license and free to use.

What platforms does Doormouse run on?

Doormouse runs on the command line. It can also be self-hosted.

Is Doormouse still maintained?

Unverified. Doormouse has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.

What projects are similar to Doormouse?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include alchemy-eth, proxyjar, and cache-freshness-governance-pack.

Doormouse is developed by darksworm.

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Doormouse

Name: Doormouse
Author: darksworm

github.comInfrastructure

Doormouse is a self-hosted reverse proxy that detects incoming connection attempts and wakes sleeping servers using Wake-on-LAN. It is intended for system administrators and homelab users managing intermittently powered servers.

Open SourceCLISelf-hosted

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Overview

5 features

Doormouse is an Other infrastructure project. It focuses on keeping sleeping servers available without leaving them powered on continuously. It is built as an open-source project for self-hosting enthusiasts and system administrators. Doormouse is open source under the Open Source license. It ships for the command line, and it can be self-hosted.

darksworm builds and maintains Doormouse. Key capabilities include reverse proxy, wake-on-LAN, and server wake-up.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Reverse proxy
Wake-on-LAN
Server wake-up
Connection detection
Self-hosting

Built with & integrations

Runs on

CLISelf-hosted

Trust & compliance

License

Open Source

Verified signals

HTTPSOpen Source

Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed28 Aug · 16:04 UTC
Show HN: Doormouse – a reverse proxy that wakes sleeping servers via Wake-on-LAN verified via Hacker News firehose (Algolia)
Source: Hacker News firehose (Algolia) · Open

Frequently asked questions about Doormouse

What does Doormouse do?: Doormouse focuses on keeping sleeping servers available without leaving them powered on continuously. It is catalogued under Other infrastructure on PulseGate.
Who is Doormouse for?: Doormouse is an open-source project built for self-hosting enthusiasts and system administrators.
Is Doormouse free?: Yes — Doormouse is open source under the Open Source license and free to use.
What platforms does Doormouse run on?: Doormouse runs on the command line. It can also be self-hosted.
Is Doormouse still maintained?: Unverified. Doormouse has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
What projects are similar to Doormouse?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include alchemy-eth, proxyjar, and cache-freshness-governance-pack.alchemy-eth proxyjar cache-freshness-governance-pack
Who makes Doormouse?: Doormouse is developed by darksworm.
Is Doormouse open source?: Yes — Doormouse is open source under the Open Source license.

At a glance

Pricing: Open Source
Platforms: CLI
Languages: English
License: Open Source
First seen: 28 Aug 2026
Built for: self-hosting enthusiasts and system administrators
Model: Open source
Solves: Keeping sleeping servers available without leaving them powered on continuously.

Developer

darksworm

Index record

Indexed: 28 Aug 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
First seen: Aug 2026
Last seen: 28 Aug 2026

Identity audit (13)

Slug: show-hn-doormouse-a-reverse-proxy-that-wakes-sleeping-serve-github-com
Lifecycle last checked: 8 Sept 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 28 Aug 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology (no inferred launch/funding milestones).
Name from: Written by a language model from the project's public pages.
Category from: Recorded source: taxonomy-pass-b.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model, checked against the page's own declaration.
Last updated: 28 Aug 2026
Canonical URL: https://github.com/darksworm/doormouse

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