Tunnelling services for exposing localhost to the web

Testing Localhost Tools Tunnel Webhooks

ngrok Landing Page
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ngrok

ngrok enables secure introspectable tunnels to localhost webhook development tool and debugging tool.
Pricing:
- Open Source
ngrok is very feature-ful, so it’s a good idea to poke around the documentation to see what’s possible. ngrok’s paid features include use of custom/reserved domains (instead of having a random string every time you run it), reserving of TCP addresses and IP whitelisting, among others.

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Serveo Landing Page

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Serveo

NOTE: Serveo has been discontinued.

Use SSH to expose local servers over the internet and inspect and replay HTTP traffic.

Serveo (used to be at https://serveo.net/) is an alternative to ngrok. It even says so on its website. A key difference is there is no installation required. Serveo forwards all traffic that hits the unique URL it provides you to your localhost server via SSH.

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Localtunnel Landing Page
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Localtunnel

Expose yourself to the world
Pricing:
- Open Source
What’s interesting about Localtunnel is that there is also a repository you can clone to set up your own localtunnel server, and hence use your own custom domain. This approach requires you have control of a server where you can set up DNS entries, as well as handle incoming TCP connections for any non-root TCP port.

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localhost.run Landing Page

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localhost.run

Instantly share your localhost environment!

localhost.run is very similar to Serveo but with less features. In fact, as far as I can tell, it only does 1 thing: expose your local web server to the web with a public URL. And it does that well enough for me.

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Telebit Cloud Landing Page

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TC

Telebit Cloud

Break out of localhost. Access your devices from behind firewalls. Securely access your services from anywhere. An easy-to-use secure tunnel for all sorts of wonderful things (kind of like a poor man's VPN).

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Pagekite Landing Page

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Pagekite

Bring your localhost servers on-line.

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ForwardHQ Landing Page

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ForwardHQ

NOTE: ForwardHQ has been discontinued.

The easiest way to share localhost over the web.

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Burrow.io Landing Page

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Burrow.io

Expose localhost to the internet.

There are also a number of paid options, like pagekite, Forward and Burrow.io. I did not try them out, because for me, the free options more than cover my needs. But I’m putting them up here anyway just in case they cover some of your use cases.

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