Port Map Alternatives

Port Map is described as 'Did you ever feel the urge to map your networking ports using your Airport Basestation or a UPNP router? Did you ever want your application to be reachable from the internet, even in a home networking setup? Don't despair anymore. Port Map and TCMPortMapper are here!' and is an app in the network & admin category. There are eight alternatives to Port Map for Windows, Linux and Mac. The best Port Map alternative is socat, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Port Map are Simple Port Forwarding, PortMapper, Komodia Relay and AUTAPF.

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  1. socat icon
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    socat, SOcket CAT, is a relay for bidirectional data transfer between two independent data channels. Each of these data channels may be a file, pipe, device (serial line etc. or a pseudo terminal), a socket (UNIX, IP4, IP6 - raw, UDP, TCP), an SSL socket, proxy CONNECT...

    5 socat alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
    • socat is the most popular Linux alternative to Port Map.

    • socat is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Port Map.

    • socat is Free and Open SourcePort Map is also Free and Open Source
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    Simple Port Forwarding works with WebPages and not directly with your router. Making it a safe program to use. Its no different than using Firefox, IE or any other browser to setup port forwarding yourself.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Simple Port Forwarding is the most popular Windows alternative to Port Map.

    • Simple Port Forwarding is Freemium and ProprietaryPort Map is Free and Open Source
  3. PortMapper icon
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    Do you need to map a specific TCP or UDP port on your machine to another port on another machine? Do you want to limit access to a server on your machine based on the IP address of an incoming connection request?

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    This small utility performs either TCP/UDP/HTTP port forwarding from a source IP and port to another destination IP and port.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. AUTAPF icon
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    Reliable TCP and UDP port forwarding for Windows. Keeps the data flowing whenever the network is ready. Efficiently forwards many ports at once. Administer locally, or remotely using a Web browser. Supports real-time, scriptable IP filtering.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    This is a Swiss Army knife of port forwarding. It transforms network traffic whichever way imaginable. The traffic for forwarding is selected by a combination of: direction (incoming/outgoing), protocol (TCP/UDP), Port, IP (IPv4, IPv6, DNS name), MAC, and Network Adapter.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Portfwd, Port Forwarding Daemon, stands for port forwarding daemon. It's a small C++ utility which forwards incoming TCP connections and/or UDP packets to remote hosts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Connects to UPnP-enabled gateways and redirects ports. Command line tool and a Rust library.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • portforwarder-rs is the most popular Mac alternative to Port Map.

    • portforwarder-rs is Free and Open SourcePort Map is also Free and Open Source
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