Alternatives

Products that do what ngrok – secure introspectable tunnels to localhost does

1. 1MA
   Mole – an open source tool to easily create ssh tunnels▲142

   2018 · davrodpin.github.io

2. 2FS
   Free, secure dev tunnels with custom domains using Fly and WireGuard▲24

   2020 · github.com

3. 3LL
   Link-lock – Distributed app to password-protect URLs▲73

   2020 · github.com

4. 4LS
   Lynk – Securely expose local TCP and HTTP services to the web▲127

   2020 · lynk.sh

5. 5NA
   Nchan – a pub/sub server as an Nginx module▲149

   2015 · nchan.slact.net

6. 6AP
   A proactive way of securing your Linux server▲143

   2020 · github.com

7. 7SA
   SeKey: An SSH Agent for OS X, Using Secure Enclave and TouchID, in Rust▲169

   2017 · github.com

8. 8SH
   Secure HTTP and TCP tunnels that work anywhere▲8

   2021 · github.com

9. 9TS
   TiTun – simple secure IP tunnel, using libsodium, written in Rust▲7

   2017 · github.com

10. 10AS
    A simple self-hosted ngrok alternative▲34

    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

11. 11LH
    Localdots – HTTPS domains for localhost with autoconfig and hot reload▲75

    2019 · github.com

12. 12TT
    Tunnel.to – dead simple localhost reverse tunnels▲7

    May 2026 · tunnel.to

13. 13DA
    dingo - a Google DNS-over-HTTPS caching proxy in Go▲75

    2016 · github.com

14. 14CO
    Ceryx – Open-source dynamic Nginx▲64

    2015 · sourcelair.com

15. 15GB
    GitHub-based DNS Hosting▲37

    2014 · dns-api.com

16. 16SR
    Shadowsocks-rust – A fast SOCKSv5 proxy in Rust▲68

    2017 · github.com

17. 17PV
    PJON v11.1 an independent, decentralized, open-source protocol▲56

    2018 · github.com

18. 18TR
    Tunshell – Remote shell into ephemeral environments behind NAT/firewall▲70

    2020 · github.com

19. 19IA
    ipscrub, an IP address anonymizer for Nginx▲42

    2018 · github.com

20. 20AP
    Automatic proxy setup for SSH'able boxes that have no network access▲51

    2021 · github.com

21. 21BL
    Bender – Let's Standardize Serverless ETL▲52

    2017 · engblog.nextdoor.com

22. 22PA
    Pushpin, a reverse proxy for real-time web services▲49

    2016 · github.com

23. 23AS
    A simple Go utility to ease deployments via SSH and SCP▲50

    2018 · github.com

24. 24MJ
    Mr2.js – Expose local servers to external networks▲52

    2019 · github.com

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