Alternatives

Products that do what Shootback – let you access target behind NAT or firewall does

1. 1TR
   Tunshell – Remote shell into ephemeral environments behind NAT/firewall▲70

   2020 · github.com

2. 2MU
   My user-friendly outbound firewall for Mac▲77

   2011 · radiosilenceapp.com

3. 3EA
   Easily add a NSA backdoor to your Rails app▲188

   2013 · github.com

4. 4AG
   A Go Library for Better Access Control▲158

   2017 · github.com

5. 5I2
   Inlets 2.0 – expose your local endpoints to the Internet▲218

   2019 · inlets.dev

6. 6
   TinyHardwareFirewall▲78

   When a VPN Alone Is Not Enough

   2014

7. 7
   AeroFS▲86

   Dropbox behind your corporate firewall

   2014

8. 8AP
   A proactive way of securing your Linux server▲143

   2020 · github.com

9. 9RE
   RadioSilence. Easy to Use OS X Firewall▲32

   2016 · radiosilenceapp.com

10. 10
    FireWally▲156

    A free Mac firewall powered by Apple Intelligence

    Dec 2025

11. 11RD
    Remote Desktop Protocol in Node.js▲140

    2015 · lc.cx

12. 12TS
    Terminal sharing using your browser▲55

    2014 · nutty.io

13. 13NS
    ngrok – secure introspectable tunnels to localhost▲66

    2013 · ngrok.com

14. 14MJ
    Mr2.js – Expose local servers to external networks▲52

    2019 · github.com

15. 15FR
    Fanout – Reverse proxy to push real-time data to connected devices▲84

    2017 · fanout.io

16. 16OA
    Offline – Access your favorite websites without a network connection▲69

    2015 · play.google.com

17. 17PS
    P2P/serverless browser to Go back end – no DNS/IP required▲15

    2019 · github.com

18. 18BA
    Built an extension to put an end to paywalls and popups▲39

    2020 · chrome.google.com

19. 19BL
    Beeswithmachineguns, lets you use EC2 to DDOS yourself▲44

    2012 · github.com

20. 20SF
    sql_firewall – SQL Firewall Extension for PostgreSQL▲47

    2015 · github.com

21. 21AS
    A simple Go utility to ease deployments via SSH and SCP▲50

    2018 · github.com

22. 22WO
    Wake-On-LAN without public IP or port-forwarding▲18

    2014 · baconpi-jeffijoe.rhcloud.com

23. 23FE
    Firewall – Extreme Robocall Blocker▲16

    2019 · apps.apple.com

24. 24PK
    Paywall killer▲12

    based on the idea from ctrl_freak's comment :) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4159644

    2012 · paywall-killer.blogspot.com

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