List of ngrok/Cloudflare Tunnel alternatives and other tunneling software and services. Focus on self-hosting.

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zrok Landing Page
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zrok

Next-generation sharing platform built on top of OpenZiti
Pricing:
- Open Source
Zrok - Aims for effortless sharing both publicly and privately. Supports multiple types of resources, including HTTP endpoints and files. Built on OpenZiti (see overlay section below). Apache 2 License. Written in Go.

#Localhost Tools #Testing #Webhooks 74 social mentions
tunnelto.dev Landing Page
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tunnelto.dev

Expose localhost to the internet with a public URL
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Localhost Tools #Testing #Webhooks 4 social mentions
Staqlab Tunnel Landing Page
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Staqlab Tunnel

Expose server running on your localhost to internet and get a public domain which would work everywhere
Pricing:
- Free
- Free Trial
StaqLab Tunnel - SSH-based. The client is open source. The server doesn't appear to be.

#Testing #Debugging #Tunnel 1 social mentions
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).

#Localhost Tools #Tunnel #Secure Remote Access 5 social mentions
Tabserve Landing Page

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Tabserve

A https url to locahost

Tabserve.dev - Web UI that runs entirely in the browser and uses a Cloudflare Worker for https.

#Localhost Tools #Proxy #Load Balancer / Reverse Proxy 4 social mentions
Pritunl Landing Page

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Pritunl

Pritunl is an open-source enterprise distributed OpenVPN and IPsec server.

Pritunl - Seems quite comprehensive and complicated. OpenVPN, WireGuard, and IPSec support.

#Security & Privacy #VPN #Cloud VPN 24 social mentions
playit.gg Landing Page
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playit.gg

Making it easy to play games with friends since March 2020.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
- $1.0 / Monthly (Get a custom .playit.gg domain to host your server with)
Playit.gg - Specifically marketed as tunneling for game servers. Client is open source. Server is not. Has a free tier. TCP and UDP supported. Custom domains and dedicated IPs available. Client written in Rust.

#Localhost Tools #Webhooks #Testing 246 social mentions
Pinggy.io Landing Page
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Pinggy.io

Public URLs for localhost without downloading any binary
Pricing:
- Freemium
- Free Trial
- $2.5 / Monthly (Pro, 1 tunnel, HTTP, TCP, and TLS tunnel, Custom Domain)
Pinggy - SSH based single command HTTPS / TCP / TLS tunnels, no downloads required. Rich terminal interface and a web debugger. Free tier - 60 min timeout. The paid tier allows custom domains with built-in Let's Encrypt certificates.

#Localhost Tools #Testing #Webhooks 69 social mentions
Pagekite Landing Page

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Pagekite

Bring your localhost servers on-line.

PageKite - Comprehensive open source solution with hosted options.

#Localhost Tools #Testing #Webhooks 10 social mentions
Packetriot Landing Page
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Packetriot

Secure and Instant hosting on any network.
Pricing:
- Freemium
- Free Trial
- $5.0 / Monthly (5 Tunnels, 5 TCP Ports / Tunnels, 1TB of Bandwidth)
Packetriot - Comprehensive alternative to ngrok. HTTP Inspector, Let's Encrypt integration, doesn't require root and Linux repos for apt, yum and dnf. Enterprise licenses and self-hosted option.

#Localhost Tools #Proxy #Tunnel 10 social mentions
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 2.0 - Probably the gold standard and most popular. Closed source. Lots of features, including TLS and TCP tunnels. Doesn't require root to run client.

#Testing #Localhost Tools #Webhooks 370 social mentions
Loophole Cloud Landing Page
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Loophole Cloud

Instant hosting, right from your local machine
Pricing:
- Open Source
Loophole - Offers end-to-end TLS encryption with the client automatically getting certs from Let's Encrypt. QR codes for URL sharing. The client is open source. Can serve a local directory over WebDAV. MIT License. Written in Go.

#Localhost Tools #Tunnel #Hosting 1 social mentions
LocalXpose Landing Page
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LocalXpose

Bye Bye Localhost, Hello World!
Pricing:
- Freemium
- $6.0 / Monthly (1 seat)
LocalXpose - Looks like a solid paid option, with a limited free tier.

#Localhost Tools #Testing #Webhooks 15 social mentions
LocaltoNet Landing Page

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LocaltoNet

Expose localhost to the internet with a public URL

LocalToNet - Supports UDP. Free for a single tunnel. Paid supports custom domains.

#Reverse Proxy #Ssh Tunnel #Tunnel To Localhost 13 social mentions
localhost.run Landing Page

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localhost.run

Instantly share your localhost environment!

Localhost.run - Simple hosted SSH option. Supports custom domains for a cost.

#Localhost Tools #Testing #Webhooks 41 social mentions
Homeway.io Landing Page
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Homeway.io

Free, private, and secure Home Assistant remote access, Alexa and Google Assistant integration, and official Home Assistant iOS and Android remote access. Get started now!
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
- $2.49 / Monthly (Unlimited Remote Access Data)
Homeway - Secure and private remote access for Home Assistant. The free tier has a monthly data limit cap, but unlimited data is only $2.49/month.

#Smarthome #Home Intelligence #AI Tools 1 social mentions
Gw.run Landing Page

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Gw.run

Simple and secure access to internal web apps

Gw.run - Specifically focusing on securely exposing internal web apps to a group of people; not for publicly facing apps. Share access via email address then allow users to log in with common login providers like Google.

#Security #Secure File Sharing #Secure Document Sharing 1 social mentions
sshuttle Landing Page
18

sshuttle

sshuttle: where transparent proxy meets VPN meets ssh
Pricing:
- Open Source
Sshuttle - Open source project originally from one of the founders of Tailscale. Server doesn't require root; client does. Explicitly designed to avoid TCP-over-TCP issues.

#VPN #Security #Cloud VPN 25 social mentions
Rathole Landing Page

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Rathole

A reverse proxy for NAT traversal written in Rust. An alternative to frp and ngrok.

Rathole - Similar to frp, including the config format, but with improved performance. Low resource consumption. Hot reload. Written in Rust.

#Localhost Tools #Testing #Webhooks 7 social mentions
pgrok Landing Page

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pgrok

Poor man's ngrok - a multi-tenant HTTP reverse tunnel solution through SSH remote port forwarding - GitHub - pgrok/pgrok: Poor man's ngrok - a multi-tenant HTTP reverse tunnel solution thro...

Pgrok/pgrok - A multi-tenant HTTP reverse tunnel solution through SSH remote port forwarding.

#Dev Ops #Build, Test, Deploy #Localhost Tools 1 social mentions
Headscale Landing Page

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Headscale

An open source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server

Headscale - Open source implementation of Tailscale control server. Can be used with Tailscale's official open source client. Written in Go.

#VPN #Cloud VPN #Security & Privacy 42 social mentions
frp Landing Page

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frp

A fast reverse proxy to help you expose a local server behind a NAT or firewall to the internet.

If you want to self-host, there are many options. For something production ready frp is probably what you want. If you're a developer, I'd recommend starting with my own SirTunnel project and modifying it for your needs. For non-developers and those wanting more of a GUI experience, I created boringproxy. It's my take on a comprehensive tunnel proxy solution. It's in beta but currently solves almost everything I want. Once the server is running this is a very easy tool to use and has some nice features.

#Localhost Tools #Tunnel #Load Balancer / Reverse Proxy 13 social mentions
sish Landing Page

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sish

An open source serveo/ngrok alternative. HTTP(S)/WS(S)/TCP Tunnels to localhost using only SSH.

Sish - Open source ngrok/serveo alternative. SSH-based but uses a custom server written in Go. Supports WebSocket tunneling.

#Localhost Tools #Testing #Webhooks 15 social mentions