Pinggy.io Reviews and details

Questions & Answers

1. What makes Pinggy.io unique?

   No need to install any binary. One command creates a HTTP / TCP / TLS tunnel to localhost. Works in windows / mac / linux.

Social recommendations and mentions

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

  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. - Source: dev.to / 5 days ago

• A list of SaaS, PaaS and IaaS offerings that have free tiers of interest to devops and infradev

  Pinggy — Public URLs for localhost with a single command, no downloads required. HTTPS / TCP / TLS tunnels. The free plan has 60 minutes tunnel lifetime. - Source: dev.to / 3 months ago

• Ask HN: Our domain got serverHold. What should we do?

  Today morning we found out that the primary domain we use for https://pinggy.io tunnels, that is pinggy.online got into "serverHold" state. We did not get any prior communication from our domain registrar Porkbun. We emailed them but their turn around time seemed unacceptable for such a severe incident. (We have not heard from them after 10 hours). We transferred the domain to AWS Route 53 hoping that they could... - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• Localtunnel – Expose Yourself to the World

  I am building and running something similar. But it doesn't involve installing anything. - https://pinggy.io. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

• A visual guide to SSH Tunnels

  Really nice guide. SSH is a brilliant set of protocols and tools. We exploit it for https://pinggy.io. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

• Ask HN: Suggest features my Ngrok alternative that doesn't require downloads

  I am building Pinggy (https://pinggy.io) which is a tunnelling tool similar to Ngrok. But unlike Ngrok and its alternatives, you do not need to download it to use it. You can start an HTTP tunnel to localhost and selfhost any app by using this command:

      ssh -p 443 -R0:localhost:8000 a.pinggy.io.

  - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

• India's timezone is Asia/Kolkata and not Asia/Delhi

  Me as well as my company https://pinggy.io is located near Kolkata. - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

• Webhook Help - Ngrok specifically

  Why not try https://pinggy.io instead? Much easier. Source: 11 months ago

• What's the best way to expose a port to the internet without people gaining internal access?

  Port forwarding or tunnels (if you are behind a NAT) are both secure or insecure depending on the application listening to that port. You can run different instances of ngrok parallely I think for more than one port. Similarly you can use other services such as zrok or https://pinggy.io. Source: 11 months ago

• Swing VPN app is a DDoS botnet

  Installing a client always opens up these risks. That is why I am building a clientless tunneling service ( well technically you bring your own client ) - https://pinggy.io which is similar to ngrok but you can connect using your own ssh client such as openssh. - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago

• Summary of the alternatives for port-forwarding

  Depending on the use case such tunneling services might be the only option. Such as ngrok or https://pinggy.io or localxpose. Source: 11 months ago

• ngrok - expose your application by getting a public url running on your local laptop

  One ngrok alternative is - https://pinggy.io/ - cheaper and easier to use. Source: 11 months ago

• Can't seem to port forward

  Test if https://pinggy.io works? It is the easiest tunneling service to test in some seconds. Source: 11 months ago

• Free Ngrok Alternative

  Nice to see it in python. I created a similar tool which need not be downloaded also: https://pinggy.io Just run: ssh -p 443 -R0:localhost:8000 a.pinggy.io Boom.. Your tunnel is ready :). - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago

• Best 5 ngrok alternatives in 2023

  Pinggy.io: Pinggy is a tunneling tool that allows access to localhost behind firewalls or NATs with a single command (no downloads). Run the command ssh -p 443 -R0:localhost:8000 a.pinggy.io to start a command to port 8000 It offers a terminal user interface and web debugger for monitoring and modifying HTTP requests. Pinggy.io supports custom domains, TCP and TLS tunnels. Source: 11 months ago

• Take your localhost app online in one command.

  Nice tool. But 3 commands essentially :) Https://pinggy.io provides it in one command:. Source: 11 months ago

• Self hosted page

  You can try something like https://pinggy.io. Source: 11 months ago

• Probably dumb question but can multiple people access a local WP site from different locations?

  I think you are looking for something like https://pinggy.io You can check out this guide: https://pinggy.io/quickstart/wordpress/. Source: 11 months ago

• Help hosting my Unraid docker services through a VPS to bypass CGNAT.

  You can consider using https://pinggy.io (very simple to setup). Source: 11 months ago

• Auger: A CLI tool for making tunnels to localhost

  Cool, talking about ssh tunnels we built a wrapper around https://pinggy.io which lets you create tunnels : https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/abhimp/pinggy. Source: 11 months ago

• How to securely self host a public site?

  Just putting it out there one can also consider pinggy.io , super easy to setup. Source: 11 months ago