Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Ngrok 2.0
Secure tunnels to your localhost - now even better
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 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. Ngrok 2.0 launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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ngrok is developer infrastructure that routes and secures traffic to your apps, APIs, and AI models, wherever they run. Start on localhost, ship to prod.
2013 · ngrok.com · its alternatives →
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This is a proof of concept utility which allows you to expose local services to the internet at large: https://github.com/skx/tunneller In short it is a simple ngrok alternative, which you can self-host. Because it is a proof of concept it hasn't been tested extensively, but it seems like it will solve my immediate-needs. Of course it needs test, and structure added. But feedback can't hurt :)
2019 · its alternatives →
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Get your localhost app online in an instant, no api keys or login required.
2023 · hello.ports.live · its alternatives →
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ngrok Link▲80Remotely manage your IoT devices with SSH and HTTP
2015 · ngrok.com · its alternatives →
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Expose local http, tcp or websocket connections to the public internet - amalshaji/portr
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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wsgrok▲7I built it for myself because ngrok didn't let me add one more domain unless I paid $12 more. I probably should've looked for alternatives before building my own, but my grudge got in the way . Once I started, I wanted to make it better than the other options. Silly, I know. No one probably cares. I plan to open source it sometime next year because I’ve got other projects to finish first. It's free until I deplete my cloud credits, then it will switch to a tier-based model with a free option.
Jan 2026 · wsgrok.com · its alternatives →
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Pinggy▲282Public URLs for localhost without downloading any binary
2024 · pinggy.io · its alternatives →
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tunnelto.dev▲186Expose localhost to the internet with a public URL
2020 · tunnelto.dev · its alternatives →
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Pico is an open-source alternative to Ngrok. Unlike most other open-source tunnelling solutions, Pico is designed to serve production traffic and be simple to host (particularly on Kubernetes). Upstream services connect to Pico and register endpoints. Pico will then route requests for an endpoint to a registered upstream service via its outbound-only connection. This means you can expose your services without opening a public port. Pico runs as a cluster of nodes in order to be fault tolerant, scale horizontally and support zero downtime deployments. It is also easy to host, such as a…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I built a DNS resolver that lets me use https://frontend.numa instead of localhost:5173 — auto-generated TLS certs, WebSocket passthrough, path routing. No mkcert, no nginx, no /etc/hosts.
Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Pinggy is the simplest way to bring your localhost projects online. It the the fastest way to create secure tunnels to localhost with a public url.
2023 · pinggy.io · its alternatives →
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Reach your localhost server from the internet with LocalXposefree tier, from $8/mo▲5Hi 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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Hi! I am sharing this because it may be useful to others. I created a simple Docker image that lets you easily expose a web app running locally on your dev machine to the Internet, via a proxy server. It is a self hosted alternative to something like Ngrok, which is a paid service if you use custom domains. A small server is cheaper than Ngrok (I use Hetzner Cloud and the cheapest server costs me 3€ per month). I use this method in particular to test HTTP verification with Let's Encrypt for a SaaS app running on my Mac. Hope this is useful :) Code:…
2019 · its alternatives →
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Expose your local web server to the internet with a public URL
2020 · tunnelto.dev · its alternatives →
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ProxyHub▲10Tunnel, inspect & mock localhost - no backend needed
Apr 2026 · proxyhub.app · its alternatives →
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HTTPS domains for localhost. 🏠. Contribute to lufzle/localdots development by creating an account on GitHub.
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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zrok is a fun incubator project I've been working on over the last six months. The goal was to see how we could build a tool in the genre of "reverse-proxy-meets-streamlined-sharing", like a lot of the other tools that you probably know, already love, or use regularly. I've been part of the OpenZiti team for years now, and it was an obvious choice to use OpenZiti as the foundation for zrok. We already know OpenZiti inside and out, and we know how it can best be leveraged to build a tool like this so that it's secure, zero-trust, and scalable, all while still keeping it friction-free and easy…
2023 · blog.openziti.io · its alternatives →
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21tunnel▲1The tunnel for AI agents — open-source ngrok alternative
Aug 2026 · 21tunnel.com · its alternatives →
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Fast tunneling tool — expose local servers to the internet - Diyarbekoralbaev/tunn
Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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