Galet is a peer-to-peer application, which primarily aims to provide easy to setup secure communication channels between the computers of people who know and trust each other. Its secondary goal is to create a public network based on these channels.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux

Royal Server is a secure gateway to manage remote systems via extensible plugins and includes a Secure Gateway (SSH port forwarding/tunneling).
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows


An open-source, single-binary CLI tool to expose local ports to public URLs via LocalTunnel, Cloudflare, or a self-hosted server with zero signup.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Share your self-hosted apps (Jellyfin, Home Assistant, Immich...) with anyone. No port forwarding, no VPN. Client for Seawise.io.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source (MIT)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Docker
Canada


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Portlatch puts a service running at home on the internet, even when your provider won't let you open a port: CGNAT, Starlink, 4G/5G boxes, DS-Lite, or a router that isn't yours.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Docker
France
EU


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OpenXpress is a robust and versatile platform offering Docker container hosting with a range of features designed to simplify and enhance your web application deployment.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux



Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Online
Croatia
EU


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CRProxy is a service and command line tool that allow you to serve web content from your local machine, or behind any firewall.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux

Expose localhost to the internet. Features custom domains, SSL, HTTP basic auth and firewall for IP / CIDR restrictions. No download required.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- BSD
Brazil


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Devolutions Gateway is a lightweight relay written in Rust that creates JIT tunnels for RDP, SSH, VNC, Telnet, ARD, PowerShell, and web apps—without a VPN or any open firewall ports.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
Canada

Magnyte Preview is a VS Code extension that allows developers to securely share their localhost with anyone using Cloudflare Tunnel, directly from their development environment.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary (MIT)
Platforms
- Visual Studio Code
India



SteadIP lets developers, homelabbers, students, and small teams publish local HTTP/HTTPS services behind NAT, CGNAT, firewalls, or dynamic IPs — without opening router ports.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source (BSD-3-Clause)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
Canada

Launch high-performance RUST-based Minecraft servers directly from your mobile device with full control and no port-forwarding.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
Netherlands
EU



Inspect, test, and debug webhooks in real-time with a free, open-source webhook testing tool.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
Denmark
EU


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fxTunnel — self-hosted open-source reverse tunnel server and client. Expose localhost to the internet with custom subdomains, TCP and UDP port forwarding. Fast ngrok/Cloudflare Tunnel alternative written in Go with Web UI, REST API, and cross-platform GUI client.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- Mac
Pick an app, flip a switch, that app is on the VPN. Nothing else changes. $19 once, open-source engine.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
India


PortPlay is a port forwarding service that lets you host game servers on your own PC and share them with friends — without a public IP address, without configuring your router, and without installing anything on your friends' machines.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows


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Stressed about creating HTTPS certificates 😫 ?, remembering ports and IPs 😭 ?, manually updating your app on VPS 🫠?, or telling the sysadmin to create new VM for you ? Lokal.so takes care of it all!
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Indonesia

Loophole allows you to make your Web application public without actually deploying on a cloud service. It providess a user-friendly domain that you can share with your remote users/friends/teammates to try/use your WebApp.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- ngrok
- Pagekite
tunnel.to is a managed reverse tunneling service for exposing local applications and services through public HTTPS URLs without opening inbound ports or configuring firewall rules.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
Canada



Self-hosted HTTPS tunnels expose local services and webhooks through your cloud, with OIDC SSO, deny-by-default policies, and JSON audit logs.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Self-Hosted
- Docker
United States


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Expose your localhost to the internet with a GUI, CLI, QUIC transport, scenario recording, and multi-provider tunnel support. Fully featured, simple to use, totally free.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- Self-Hosted
- Docker
United Kingdom


Btunnel gives you power to expose an http app running in localhost, helps you to share your local filesystem as well as any TCP app to the internet. Some of the features of btunnel are -
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux


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