Our story
I have a friend in law school who wanted to build an app. Then he realized he needed a static IP to use an API on the government legal services website. As a backend engineer, I offered to help.
He is not a developer, but he is comfortable with technology, so while I was coming up with a solution, he tried vibecoding a proxy on the AWS free tier. It was working, but the proxy was randomly dying. I am not exactly sure why, but it looked like ChatGPT had implemented it as a Node.js service, which may have caused bursts in memory usage.
So I decided to come up with a simpler solution that anyone can use, without having to know anything about networking or how proxies work. Hence, Static IP Relay was made to work with a simple hostname swap.
I did not want to compromise on performance, so I made each relay node lightweight, using only Nginx. I also added full HTTP proxy and SOCKS5 support in case anyone needs something more advanced, and as a fallback in case a database connection does not work because of certificate issues.
I hope this lets more people keep their focus on the product they actually want to build, instead of getting stuck learning networking and proxy infrastructure just to make one integration work.
Need a static IP without learning proxy infrastructure first?
Swap in one relay hostname and keep your focus on the product you actually want to build.