Porthole - Local Port Sharing wurde in Version 1.1.0 veröffentlicht.
Das kostenlose Tool erlaubt Steam-Freunden den Zugriff auf lokale Netzwerk-Ports ohne Port-Forwarding oder öffentliche IP-Adresse - eine Alternative zu VPN-Diensten wie Hamachi. Mit dem Update kommen neue Verbindungsmodi, ein überarbeitetes Einstellungsmenü und mehrere Fehlerbehebungen.
New
- Connection modes: automatic, prefer direct, prefer relay, or force relay.
- Pick your relay location, sorted by latency.
- Reusable static share code, tied to the host’s Steam ID.
- Full friends list with search, including offline and invisible players.
- Customize the name of your hosted app shown in Steam Rich Presence.
- Raised the limit, now you can host up to 250 players (don’t).
- Auto-approve ports now supports an allow-list.
- Copy and paste your port list as JSON.
- Specify port ranges, e.g. 27015-27050.
- Copy logs straight from Porthole settings.
- Crash reporter that sends an anonymized log, with your consent.
Improved
- Cleaner settings, with advanced options behind a toggle.
- Resize the members panel, or drag to hide chat.
- Port detector updates live while open.
- Change app name, password, or visibility while hosting, without recreating the lobby.
- Auto-kick players with mismatching versions; warning badge on members running a different version.
- Connections ramp to full speed much faster now.
- Clearer messages when a connection fails.
- Selectable chat messages, now with avatars.
Fixed
- Friends-only and invite-only lobbies block players who aren’t allowed in.
- Automatically selects a working graphics backend.
- Startup crash on Windows.
- Odd names, chat messages, or app titles can no longer crash Porthole.

Quelle: Steam