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Rathole

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

Best Rathole Alternatives & Competitors in 2025

The best Rathole alternatives based on verified products, community votes, reviews and other factors.
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  1. 10

    Public URLs for localhost without downloading any binary

    freemium $2.5 / Monthly (Pro, 1 tunnel, HTTP, TCP, and TLS tunnel, Custom Domain)

    /pinggy-io-alternatives
  2. 13

    ngrok enables secure introspectable tunnels to localhost webhook development tool and debugging tool.

    Open Source

    /ngrok-alternatives
  3. Next-generation sharing platform built on top of OpenZiti

    Open Source

    /zrok-alternatives
  4. An open source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server

    /headscale-alternatives
  5. Connect your devices into a single secure private WireGuard®-based mesh network with SSO/MFA and manage access with just a few clicks.

    Open Source

    /netbird-alternatives
  6. 10

    Instantly share your localhost environment!

    /localhost-run-alternatives
  7. Expose your local PC to Internet from behind firewall and without real IP address

    /portmap-io-alternatives
  8. A fast reverse proxy to help you expose a local server behind a NAT or firewall to the internet.

    /frp-alternatives
  9. Expose localhost to the internet with a public URL

    /localtonet-alternatives
  10. Bye Bye Localhost, Hello World!

    freemium $6.0 / Monthly (1 seat)

    /localxpose-alternatives
  11. defguard is an SSO & VPN Server based on OpenID and WireGuard VPN with unique secure & private architecture for building secure and privacy-aware organizations.

    /defguard-alternatives
  12. Making it easy to play games with friends since March 2020.

    Open Source freemium $1.0 / Monthly (Get a custom .playit.gg domain to host your server with)

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

    /sish-alternatives
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