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24 alternatives to Inlets 2.0 – expose your local endpoints to the Internet

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Inlets 2.0 is a tool that exposes local network endpoints to the internet. It creates tunnels from private services running on personal computers or internal networks to publicly accessible URLs. The software is… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Inlets 2.0 – expose your local endpoints to the Internet launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Inlets 3.0 RC1▲33

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Inletsctl – self-hosted network tunnels▲13

   Create inlets servers on the top cloud platforms. Contribute to inlets/inletsctl development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   inletsctl – Fast HTTP (L7) and TCP (L4) Tunnels▲11

   Create inlets servers on the top cloud platforms. Contribute to inlets/inletsctl development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Expose▲126

   Share your local sites via secure tunnels

   2021 · expose.dev · its alternatives →

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   Pipenet – A Modern Alternative to Localtunnel▲114

   Hey HN! localtunnel's server needs random ports per client. That doesn't work on Fly.io or behind strict firewalls. We rewrote it in TypeScript and added multiplexing over a single port. Open-source and 100% self-hostable. Public instance at *.pipenet.dev if you don't want to self-host. Built at Glama for our MCP Inspector, but it's a generic tunnel with no ties to our infra. https://github.com/punkpeye/pipenet

   Jan 2026 · pipenet.dev · its alternatives →

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   Tunnelto.dev – expose localhost with a public URL (built in Rust)▲100

   Expose your local web server to the internet with a public URL

   2020 · tunnelto.dev · its alternatives →

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   Inlets Pro – L4 TCP Tunnel and Service Proxy▲6

   Secure HTTP and TCP tunnels that just work. Contribute to inlets/inlets-pro development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   tunnelto.dev▲186

   Expose localhost to the internet with a public URL

   2020 · tunnelto.dev · its alternatives →

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   Komiser▲386

   Open-source cloud environment inspector

   2023 · komiser.io · its alternatives →

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    Wa-tunnel – HTTP Tunneling through Whatsapp▲453

    Side project tunneling a TCP port through WhatsApp, can be useful on airplanes or any WiFi/carrier that has unlimited social network data limits. Appreciate feedback :)

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Fast HTTP (L7) and TCP (L4) Tunnels Written in Golang▲5

    Create inlets servers on the top cloud platforms. Contribute to inlets/inletsctl development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Secure HTTP and TCP tunnels that work anywhere▲8

    Secure HTTP and TCP tunnels that just work. Contribute to inlets/inlets-pro development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Digger.dev – A PaaS that generates Terraform, in your AWS account▲142

    Digger is enterprise-ready, self-hostable infrastructure tooling. Terraform CI/CD, drift detection, PR automation, and state management. Open source DevOps for cloud-native teams.

    2021 · diggerdev.com · its alternatives →

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    SocketCluster.io – flexible open-source real-time server with pub/sub▲217

    Scalable open source pub/sub SDK with support for RPC, JWT authentication and Kubernetes — optimized for async/await

    2016 · socketcluster.io · its alternatives →

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    Portr – open-source ngrok alternative designed for teams▲172

    Expose local http, tcp or websocket connections to the public internet - amalshaji/portr

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Tunnelling TCP through a file▲180

    This program can be used to tunnel TCP connections through a file. People have used it for interesting things: - Bridging connections which would otherwise be blocked by a firewall - Tunneling through RDP (similar to an SSH tunnel) - Exposing a localhost web server to others Key features I put effort into: 1. The shared file is restarted every 10 MB, so it doesn't grow indefinitely. 2. Optimisations for latency & bandwidth. (800 Mbps on a Gigabit LAN. 108 Mbps if file tunneling through RDP) 3. Synchronisation between two sides (each side can be started and restarted in any order) I'd love to…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Tunnelfy▲157

    Manage Cloudflare tunnels from VSCode

    2025 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →

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    Tabserve.dev. HTTPS proxy using Web Workers and a Cloudflare Worker▲117

    Tabserve gives you a https url for localhost using only the browser (tabserve.dev). Take a look: https://tabserve.dev

    2023 · tabserve.dev · its alternatives →

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    Tunll▲97

    Tunnels from public internet to localhost for all developers

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Tunshell – Remote shell into ephemeral environments behind NAT/firewall▲70

    Remote shell into ephemeral environments 🐚 🦀. Contribute to TimeToogo/tunshell development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Arcentry▲121

    Map, explain, and monitor cloud infrastructure in one interactive diagram.

    2018 · arcentry.com · its alternatives →

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    Lynk – Securely expose local TCP and HTTP services to the web▲127

    2020 · lynk.sh · its alternatives →

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    Canal – Policy based networking for cloud native applications▲38

    Policy based networking for cloud native applications - projectcalico/canal

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Malai – securely share local TCP services (database/SSH) with others▲117

    malai is a peer to peer network, and is a dead simple to share your local development HTTP server, without setting up tunnels, dealing with firewalls, or relying on cloud services. In malai 0.2.5, we have added TCP support, which means you can expose any TCP service to others using malai, without opening the TCP service related port to Internet. With malai installed on both ends, any TCP service can be securely tunneled over it. It can be used to secure your SSH service, or securely share your database server. GitHub: https://github.com/kulfi-project/kulfi (star us!)…

    2025 · malai.sh · its alternatives →

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