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24 alternatives to zrok

Next-generation sharing platform built on top of OpenZiti

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. zrok launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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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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    ngrok▲547

    Serve local web apps with one command

    2022 · ngrok.com · its alternatives →

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    Pretty excited to share this... Just finished up a blog post about the new, simple, secure peer-to-peer networking SDK for zrok. Build zrok applications with just a few lines of golang!

    2023 · blog.openziti.io · its alternatives →

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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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    One private gateway for every AI model

    Aug 2026 · ngrok.ai · its alternatives →

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    Zoya▲91

    Zoya is a highly composable logging utility

    2019 · github.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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    Zero-ops vector database for GenAI developers

    2024 · zilliz.com · its alternatives →

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    Zulip 4.0▲121

    Open source team chat with powerful threading

    2021 · zulip.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN, I'm Nate, the creator of Tamagui. One is a React framework that does two things differently in hopes of simplifying how we build websites and apps: 1. It unifies React Native and React web with typed file system routing by making Vite able to serve RN. This lets you share (or diverge) your code in a simpler way for cross-platform apps. 2. We've partnered with Zero (https://zerosync.dev) to make local-first work well. We've been building a solution in One that makes Zero supporting server rendering, without waterfalls, and with seamless server/client handoff. ---…

    2024 · onestack.dev · its alternatives →

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    Zulip▲173

    Open source team chat with first class threading.

    2017 · zulip.com · its alternatives →

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    Collaboration & handoff for UI designers/frontend developers

    2015 · zeplin.io · its alternatives →

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    Anrok▲71

    The global sales tax platform built for SaaS

    2023 · anrok.com · its alternatives →

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    Zoho Flow▲149

    A comprehensive app integration platform for the cloud.

    2018 · zoho.com · its alternatives →

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    ngrok▲8

    Securely tunnel local development to the web

    2016 · ngrok.com · its alternatives →

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    A lightweight, single-binary coding agent harness written in Go. Anthropic, OpenAI, Kimi, DeepSeek, Google Gemini, Ollama, managed llama.cpp models, five built-in tools, three run modes, extensions in any language, and a built-in Telegram bridge.

    May 2026 · zot.sh · its alternatives →

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    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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    I built zli, a batteries-included CLI framework for Zig with a focus on DX and composability. Key features: - Typed flags with default values and help output - Rich formatting, and layout support - Command trees with isolated execution logic - It’s designed to feel good to use, not just to work. - Built for real-world CLI apps, not toy examples. Would love feedback, feature ideas, or thoughts from other Zig devs. repo here: https://github.com/xcaeser/zli

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Collaboration software that brings your team together.

    2017 · zoho.com · its alternatives →

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    Zyla▲192

    The fastest headless commerce stack on earth ⚡

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Zeldata▲71

    The best all-in-one ERP for entrepreneurs and businesses

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    zoro can help you expose local server to external network. Support both TCP/UDP, of course support HTTP. Zero-Configuration. - txthinking/zoro

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    >$ ziti – version v1.0.0 Following a few years of early adopter use, OpenZiti (Apache 2.0) graduated to 1.0 a couple weeks ago. OpenZiti enables you to spin up overlay networks, and embed them in your software. Embedding via the SDKs means your overlay network extends into the process space of your application. The network goes anywhere your software goes. What’s in the box + Overlay network endpoints, including the SDKs to integrate the overlay network endpoints into your software; customized agents for OT, IoT, edge and IT; as well as browsers, reverse proxies, modems and firewalls. +…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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