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ngrok Alternatives and Similar Software

Alternatives to ngrok for Linux, Mac, Windows, Android, Web and more. Filter by license to discover only free or Open Source alternatives. This list contains a total of 17 apps similar to ngrok.

Secure introspectable tunnels to localhost. If your looking for more info about ngrok like screenshots, reviews and comments you should visit our info page about it. Below you find the best alternatives.

The list of alternatives was last updated: 10/15/2018 11:29:00 AM

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Serveo

Use it like ssh -R 80:localhost:8888 serveo.net. When you establish an SSH connection to serveo.net, a subdomain will be assigned to forward HTTP (and HTTPS) traffic to your local server. Basic usage looks like this: ssh -R 80:localhost:8888 serveo.net The -R option instructs your SSH client to request port forwarding from the server and proxy requests to the specified host and port (usually localhost). A subdomain of serveo.net will be assigned to forward HTTP traffic.

Free Mac Windows Linux Android
No installation No registration required Port Forwarding SSH ... Ssh tunnel Add a feature

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- no downloads necessary and it just works! Guest • Feb 2018 • 10 agrees and 3 disagrees
- Does the same thing that ngrok does, but without the fancy stuff, like that beautiful dashboard ngrok has. For those, like me, that doesn't need a dashboard, works fine. Guest • Jul 2018 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Simple and just works. Couldnt make ngrok working properly for our company Guest • Oct 2018
Pagekite

Bring your localhost servers on-line. PageKite is software that gives your localhost servers names and makes them globally visible. It works with any computer and any Internet connection. It's so easy you'll never want to think about routers, IP addresses or other technicalities again. It's open source, too!

Freemium $ $ $ Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android BSD
No features added Add a feature

11 Like
- The sub-domain address is still free for 1 month. Guest • Apr 2017 • 1 agrees and 2 disagrees
Portmap.io

Port forwarding service for exposing your local PC to Internet from behind firewall or without real IP address. Uses OpenVPN or SSH encrypted tunnel from localhost to Portmap.io.

Freemium $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux
Based on OpenVPN Port Forwarding SSH Add a feature

4 Like
LocalXpose

Taking the advantage of innovative technologies from the cryptocurrency and peer-to-peer connection we decided to build LocalXpose. LocalXpose is a platform of distributed nodes around the world (countries that allow inbound connections) ready to rent their bandwidth and ports for the blocked nodes so they can expose local hosted services, which helps in building economic system while using port forwarding service.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone
Port Forwarding Add a feature

9 Like
beame-insta-ssl

beame-insta-ssl is open-source and free to use! It makes it easy for any web developer to make use of encryption - and get secure communications. beame-insta-ssl will get you your very own fully-qualified domain name under the beame subdomain that looks something like this: https://ypxf72akb6onjvrq.ohkv8odznwh5jpwm.v1.p.beameio.net/insta-ssl and your very own free SSL certificate (GlobalSign root CA). This will allow you to tunnel securely over HTTP.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web
AES encryption Add a feature

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Forward

The easiest way to share localhost over the web.

Commercial Mac Windows Linux
No features added Add a feature

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Teleconsole

Teleconsole is a free service to share your terminal session with people you trust. Your friends can join via a command line via SSH or via their browser over HTTPS. Use this to ask for help or to connect to your own devices sitting behind NAT. You can also forward local TCP ports to your friends. Use this feature to allow them access the web applications running on your localhost when you are behind NAT.

Free Open Source Mac Linux
SSH Add a feature

2 Like
tmate

tmate is an instant terminal sharing software fork from tmux. Tmate can use as daemon, and you also can host your own server.

Free Open Source Mac Linux
Remote desktop Remote support SSH Add a feature

1 Like
Yaler

Yaler is a simple, open and scalable relay infrastructure for secure access to embedded systems. Yaler enables remote SSH access to Linux devices, browser access to local Web servers, smartphone as a remote for devices, tunnelling TCP-based protocols, configuration of sensor networks and integration with 3rd party services. Yaler is open source: the device side source code is BSD licensed, the relay server is published under GNU AGPLv3.

Commercial Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Embeddable SSH Add a feature

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ZEIT Now

Make Cloud Computing as Easy and Accessible as Mobile Computing. We build products for developers and designers. And those who aspire to become one. Easy To be truly easy, cloud computing should be as easy as a tap or command. Universal To connect everyone, applications have to be fast from every geographical point. Accessible To be accessible, great care has to go into the user experience and design.

Freemium $ $ $ Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web GitHub Gist ... npm
Serverless Add a feature

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Raspberry Anywhere

The software provides a simple way teamviewer-like to access your raspberry board anywhere you are via SSH or HTTP. Furthermore, you can use your usual SSH or WEB client; the system provides a dummy address to connect to your board via SSH or HTTP .

Commercial $ $ $ Linux Linux kernel
Remote desktop SSH Add a feature

1 Like
Dataplicity

Access your Raspberry Pi from any browser! Remotely access your Raspberry Pi Shell: Wherever you are in the world, securely access your Raspberry Pi from your web browser. Check device status: Quickly identify problems, check the status of all of your Pis instantly from your device list. Monitor disk space usage: No need to remember Linux commands to check for available disk space, see all of your devices' free space at a glance on Dataplicity.

Freemium $ $ $ Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad
Port Forwarding SSH Add a feature

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Openport

Openport is an easy and secure reverse SSH. Forward any port, keep track of your machines, share files. Openport builds a tunnel from your machine to the outside world, so your friends can connect to your services or files directly. Don't worry about firewalls, DNS or FTP.

Freemium Mac Windows Linux
Port Forwarding Ssh tunnel Add a feature

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Burrow.io

Forward traffic sent to a generated address to any device through a secure tunnel, with no NAT / port forwarding configuration required. You can expose any service (HTTP or raw TCP) running behind a router or firewall to the internet with a simple command (see terminal screenshot). No need to read docs or memorize command line parameters. You can view tunnel status online and kill them via the web interface if you need to.

Freemium $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux Android BSD
HTTPS Support Built-in Firewall Custom domain Custom fixed subdomains ... Protected by Password Raw TCP SSL encryption Add a feature

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Webhook Relay

Fast, secure tunnels to your internal networks. Webhook Relay allows you to expose your localhost or any other server in private network to the public internet without configuring port forwarding or firewalls. Instructions on downloading an agent are here: https://webhookrelay.com/v1/guide/#Getting-Started . In short, it's a single executable, you just download it and start it.

Freemium $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux
Dockerized Lightweight Port Forwarding Security focused ... Support for TLS Add a feature

1 Like
Gotty

GoTTY is a simple command line tool that turns your CLI tools into web applications.

Free Open Source Linux
SSH Add a feature

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Localname

Provide Secure Access to Your Local Development Server. No longer fiddle with router configurations, IP's or ports. Localname provides a single URL that just works.

Commercial $ $ $ Mac
No features added Add a feature

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