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AI · June 26, 2013

ngrok – secure introspectable tunnels to localhost

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.

ngrok – secure introspectable tunnels to localhost launched on June 26, 2013 with 66 votes, #25 of 476 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 13 years on.

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In plain words

ngrok is developer infrastructure that creates secure tunnels routing traffic to applications, APIs, and AI models regardless of where they run. It allows developers to start applications locally and route them to production environments by changing a single URL. The platform includes built-in failover and observability features, supporting both hosted and self-hosted deployments. It functions as a cloud networking platform that secures, transforms, and routes traffic across distributed services.

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ngrok is developer infrastructure that routes and secures traffic to your apps, APIs, and AI models. Change one URL to route between hosted or self-hosted models, with failover and observability built in. An all-in-one cloud networking platform that secures, transforms, and routes traffic to all your services no matter where they run. ngrok opened the door for Databricks to rapidly onboard big enterprise customers with comprehensive security much less operational complexity. OMG life changer. I can't imagine how I lived without ngrok. ngrok has been super user friendly, works seamlessly, and never gets in our way. Today, our engineers spend less time troubleshooting proxy issues and more…from ngrok.com

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