Alternatives

Products that do what Portal tunnel does

Portal is self-hosted tunneling relay to expose localhost

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   Admin Portal (by WorkOS)▲1,410

   Pre-built wizard for configuring Single Sign-On (SSO/SAML)

   2020 · workos.com

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   Expose▲126

   Share your local sites via secure tunnels

   2021

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   Expose▲184

   A beautiful, open-source, tunneling service - written in PHP

   2020

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   Rabona Tunnel▲164

   Expose Your Localhost Securely

   2024

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   I made a tool to HTTPS your localhost▲87

   It's been 4 month since I work on Lokal full-time, I finally feel confident to share it publicly on YCombinator. Lokal is a software for Tunneling, Local Development, and HTTP Debugging, It's support HTTP, TCP and UDP Tunnel. The different with other tunneling solution is that Lokal has mDNS support with https enabled by default, while other might be only offer public-facing tunnel service. On the latest version 0.3.0, Lokal support Self-hosted Lokal Tunnel Server, which allow you to use your own domain and your own VPS, allow you to have Premium but self-hosted Tunneling Solution. Download…

   2024 · lokal.so

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   Portal▲164

   Self-host open source apps in seconds

   2015

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   Portal▲139

   A virtual world with spatial video-chat to be together

   2021

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   Portal▲182

   The modern client portal

   2021

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   I made an SSH tunnel manager to learn Go▲213

   2024 · github.com

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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

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    Ladder, open source alternative to 12ft.io and 1ft.io▲377

    Hey there I made a opensource alternative for these services. Although these worked very well, I was not so confident what they do. So I made my own and opensourced it. It is written in Golang and is fully customizable.

    2023 · github.com

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    Portal▲181

    Links to try any product at any moment with no setup

    Feb 2026

13. 13WT
    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

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    Tunnel▲127

    Collaborative preview URL for your local web app

    2023

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    Routepath▲108

    Simple HTTPS, routing, and custom domains for your sites

    2020

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

    2020 · tunnelto.dev

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    Lokal.so▲257

    Share your localhost with public and https .local address

    2024

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    tunnel.to▲7

    Public URLs for localhost — outbound only, no firewall edits

    Jun 2026 · tunnel.to

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    Relay▲430

    An extension that adds Discord-style chat to every website

    2020

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    Hoppscotch Self-Host▲237

    Open-source API development — now on-premise!

    2023

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    Portal▲156

    Escape around the world with beautiful & immersive ambience

    2020

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    btunnel▲117

    No more localhost, welcome to the internet

    2023

23. 23PO
    Portr – open-source ngrok alternative designed for teams▲172

    2024 · github.com

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    Beam▲101

    Encrypted router protecting your data, location and devices

    2018

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