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I built an open source serial protocol called Upline that puts any Arduino on the public internet without adding a radio - no WiFi, no ESP32, no shield, and no 3rd party accounts/services (i.e. no Particle, Adafruit IO, Blyn, VPN, Home Assistant, Tailscale, or Nabu Casa). Upline devices self-identify their full range of capabilities, then Seamside allows any device that speaks upline to be used in frames and shared with a URL that directly serves from your local computer.

Already lots of ways to get an Arduino talking to the net, but usually needs some combo of WiFi, cloud APIs, account integration, or VPNs. What if you could just plug in your board via USB to a laptop and then serve it directly? Things like status boards, push notifications, DIY kitchen tools, remote control of your garden, interactive games, etc.? Looking to extend Seamside to support Arduino which would allow for peer-to-peer (p2p) capabilities and browser connectivity to local USB/BT devices.

Seamside is a new platform that securely hosts content directly from your own device(s), making it completely free. And you can always migrate to a traditional server later on if/when you actually need to scale up. More info in the about page and user docs.