ngrok
Securely tunnel local development to the web
ngrok launched on July 5, 2016 with 8 votes, #1,764 of 3,671 launches that month. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.
What it does
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.
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ngrok – secure introspectable tunnels to localhost2013 · ngrok.com · ▲66ngrok is developer infrastructure that routes and secures traffic to your apps, APIs, and AI models, wherever they run. Start on localhost, ship to prod.


Portr – open-source ngrok alternative designed for teams2024 · github.com · ▲172Expose local http, tcp or websocket connections to the public internet - amalshaji/portr
- ASA simple self-hosted ngrok alternative2019 · ▲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 :)
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