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Open Source Alternatives to ngrok

8 alternatives67.5k total stars4.3k total forks5 languages

What is ngrok?

ngrok is a popular software tool. There are currently 8 open-source alternatives to ngrok, with a combined total of 67.5k GitHub stars. The most common language among these projects is Rust.

Showing 8 open-source alternatives

localtunnel
localtunnellocaltunnel/localtunnel

Expose your localhost to the world for easy testing and sharing without DNS or deployment.

22.2k1.6kJavaScript
7 months ago
rathole
ratholerathole-org/rathole

A lightweight, high-performance reverse proxy written in Rust for secure NAT traversal and exposing local services to the internet.

13.4k747Rust
8 days ago
bore
boreekzhang/bore

A modern, simple TCP tunnel in Rust that exposes local ports to a remote server, bypassing NAT firewalls.

11.1k489Rust
2 months ago
tunnelto
tunneltoagrinman/tunnelto

Expose your local web server to the internet with a public URL, written in Rust with async-io.

6.6k507Rust
3 years ago
sish
sishantoniomika/sish

Open-source SSH tunneling server for HTTP(S), WS(S), and TCP tunnels to localhost with no custom client required.

4.6k329Go
1 month ago
Expose
Exposeexposedev/expose

An open-source tunneling service written in PHP that creates secure public URLs for local web servers.

4.5k305PHP
27 days ago
localtunnel
localtunnelprogrium/localtunnel

A minimal Go implementation to expose localhost servers to the internet via public tunnels.

3.2k243Go
3 years ago
tunnelmole
tunnelmolerobbie-cahill/tunnelmole-client

An open-source tool that creates public URLs for locally running HTTP(s) servers, enabling internet-wide access for testing and sharing.

1.8k119TypeScript
11 days ago
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