ngrok

ngrok exposes local servers behind NATs and firewalls to the public internet over secure tunnels.

How it works

You download and run a program on your machine and provide it the port of a network service, usually a web server.
It connects to the ngrok cloud service which accepts traffic on a public address and relays that traffic through to the ngrok process running on your machine and then on to the local address you specified.

What it's good for

Demoing web sites without deploying
Building webhook consumers on your dev machine
Testing mobile apps connected to your locally running backend
Stable addresses for your connected devices that are deployed in the field
Running personal cloud services from your home

License

Free with limited functionality

Supported Platforms

Mac Windows Linux BSD FreeBSD

Link to official ngrok site

Official Website

Features

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Category

Network & Admin

Tags

localhost localhost-tunnel networking tunneling

Screenshots

ngrok was added by L42y in Sep 2013 and the lastest update was made in Feb 2019. There is a history of all activites on ngrok in our Activity Log. It's possible to update the information on ngrok or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.