Portal - Open Relay Alternatives

Portal - Open Relay is described as 'Portal is self-hosted tunneling relay exposing localhost services through public subdomains, ngrok alternative' and is an app. There are five alternatives to Portal - Open Relay for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Docker and Android apps. The best Portal - Open Relay alternative is Tailscale, which is free. Other great apps like Portal - Open Relay are Rayfish, Nostr VPN, ngrok and Cloudflare Tunnel.

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  1. Tailscale icon
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    Private networks made easy. Connect all your devices using WireGuard, without the hassle. Tailscale makes it as easy as installing an app and signing in.

    59 Tailscale alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • Kubernetes
    • F-Droid
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • OpenWrt
    • Homebrew
    • Docker
    • Docker Hub
     
  2. Rayfish icon
     13 likes

    A peer-to-peer mesh VPN with zero infrastructure. Create a private network, share a code, and your machines reach each other as if they were on the same LAN. No servers to run, no ports to forward, no static IPs to manage.

    51 Rayfish alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Rust
    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. Nostr VPN icon
     10 likes

    Private mesh VPN built on a FIPS-backed data plane, supporting invite-only trusted networks, device and peer approvals, MagicDNS, route advertisement, QR onboarding, Umbrel integration, desktop and mobile shells, WireGuard egress, and Docker coverage.

    52 Nostr VPN alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  4. ngrok icon
     40 likes

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

    85 ngrok alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
     
  5. Cloudflare Tunnel provides you with a secure way to connect your resources to Cloudflare without a publicly routable IP address.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Docker
     
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