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24 alternatives to btunnel

No more localhost, Welcome to the Internet

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 2 we have checked on their own sites, 2 of them free or with a free tier. btunnel launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    btunnel▲117

    No more localhost, welcome to the internet

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    cotunnel▲133

    Remote access and tunnels to your local device.

    2020 · cotunnel.com · its alternatives →

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    Bye Bye Localhost, Hello World!

    2024 · localxpose.io · its alternatives →

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    build network tunnels over WebRTC. Contribute to rtctunnel/rtctunnel development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Simple mDNS based reverse proxy for personal infrastructure. - whytheplatypus/switchboard

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A fast SOCKS5 proxy that tunnels your traffic through what looks like normal SMTP email, bypassing Deep Packet Inspection firewalls. How it works: - Client runs a local SOCKS5 proxy (127.0.0.1:1080) - Traffic is sent to server disguised as SMTP (EHLO, STARTTLS, AUTH) - DPI sees legitimate email session, not a VPN/proxy Features: - One-liner install on any Linux VPS - Multi-user with per-user secrets and IP whitelists - Auto-generated client packages (just double-click to run) - Auto-reconnect on connection loss - Works with any app that supports SOCKS5 Tech: Python/asyncio, TLS…

    Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN! I'm Jarek, and I've built this tool that allows publishing .local domains on the local network using mDNS. It also has a reverse proxy that handles HTTPS termination and port forwarding. I'm working on adding more features, like an index page with all available domains or allowing proxy redirects, so you could redirect from HTTP to HTTPS. Let me know if you have any questions or feedback!

    2023 · localcan.com · its alternatives →

  9. 9FR

    Deliver real-time data and low-latency WebSockets & pub/sub at the edge with Fastly. Scale chat, IoT, live apps and messaging with a self-managed infrastructure.

    2017 · fanout.io · its alternatives →

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    Reverse proxy for realtime APIs.

    2015 · pushpin.org · its alternatives →

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    Proxy4u▲93

    Fast residential proxies for smooth web scraping - Proxy4u

    2024 · proxy4u.com · its alternatives →

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    Over the past couple of months, I've been working on connet. At this point, it is working pretty smoothly (in what I use it for), so I wanted to share it with more people and see what they think. I know many other similar/reverse proxy solutions exist - like https://github.com/fatedier/frp, https://github.com/rapiz1/rathole, and a bunch more you can find at https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling. However, I wanted to try and put my own little peer-to-peer twist on it. Thanks for checking it out, and sharing any…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Routepath▲108

    Simple HTTPS, routing, and custom domains for your sites

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    An app to proxy your network connections, native for OS X

    2014 · blog.websecurify.com · its alternatives →

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    griq▲14

    Instantly Expose Your Localhost to the Internet!

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Bye Bye Localhost, Hello World

    2020 · localxpose.io · its alternatives →

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    Hi everyone, I'm Ahmed, founder of LocalXpose (ngrok alternative) - a reverse proxy that enables you to expose your localhost to the internet. This is my first SaaS. I created LocalXpose for (developers, DevOps engineers, sys admins or even gamers) to reach their localhost server behind a NAT or firewall with a secure and fast tunnel. Check it out here https://localxpose.io. Bye bye localhost, Hello World. Support me and give me your feedback, please!.

    2022 · localxpose.io · its alternatives →

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    The Cloud Native Application Proxy. Contribute to traefik/traefik development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi Hacker News, I’d like to introduce PipeGate, a lightweight, self-hosted proxy built with FastAPI. I created PipeGate as a fun little exercise to understand how tunneling services work under the hood. PipeGate allows you to expose your local servers to the internet, giving you full control over your setup.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Lightweight k8s proxy for local dev

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    auth-proxy is a minimal HTTP reverse proxy that shows login pages on protected pages, and passes user information in headers. My goal was to build something that’s as flexible as possible and can add auth to any existing infrastructure. It’s pretty straightforward to use, after setting up Stack Auth (which this is based on) you can use the Docker container to proxy port 3000 to 3001: docker run -it \ -e NEXT_PUBLIC_STACK_PROJECT_ID= \ -e NEXT_PUBLIC_STACK_PUBLISHABLE_CLIENT_KEY= \ -e STACK_SECRET_SERVER_KEY= \ -e SERVER_PORT=3000 \ -e PROXY_PORT=3001 \ -p 3001:3001 \…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Traefik is a Modern Reverse Proxy and Load Balancer

    2018 · traefik.io · its alternatives →

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    led - lehu daemon. Contribute to taoso/led development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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