Portlatch Alternatives

Apps similar to Portlatch include Tailscale, which has a free version. Other options are tunnl.gg, Fossorial Pangolin, ngrok and Serveo. You can choose from more than 10 Localhost Tunnel Services like Portlatch for Linux, Mac, Windows, the web and Android.

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  1. Tailscale icon
     78 likes

    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.

    69 Tailscale alternatives

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    Application type

    Platforms

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

    Securely expose local web servers online with instant public URLs, no installation, automatic HTTPS, SSH-based tunneling, random subdomains, and zero configuration, enabling fast, temporary access for development, testing, demos, and seamless integration.

    32 tunnl.gg alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  3. Open-source platform enabling secure, seamless remote access via WireGuard tunnels with identity-based controls, a unified dashboard for monitoring and configuration, automatic SSL management, granular policy enforcement, and exposure of private resources behind firewalls.

    69 Fossorial Pangolin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  4. ngrok icon
     41 likes

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

    98 ngrok alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
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  5. Serveo icon
     42 likes

    Use SSH to expose local servers over the internet and inspect and replay HTTP traffic. No installation, no signup.

    49 Serveo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  6. LocaltoNet icon
     8 likes

    LocaltoNet creates an outbound, encrypted Tunnel from your device to the LocaltoNet Servers. We give you a secure public URL that forwards traffic back down that tunnel to your local service.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Docker
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  7. Cloudflare Tunnel provides you with a secure way to connect your resources to Cloudflare without a publicly routable IP address.

    17 Cloudflare Tunnel alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Docker
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  8. LocalXpose icon
     11 likes

    Reverse proxy exposing local servers to the Internet with support for HTTP, HTTPS, TLS, TCP, UDP tunnels, unlimited connections, custom and wildcard domains, request rate limiting, IP whitelisting, changeable headers, authentication options, and built-in Let's Encrypt.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
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  9. Rathole icon
     7 likes

    A lightweight, stable and high-performance reverse proxy for NAT traversal, written in Rust. An alternative to frp and ngrok. With lower resource consumption, it's possible to run on embedded devices like routers.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  10. zrok icon
     4 likes

    Offers an open source sharing solution built on OpenZiti for secure app tunneling. Available as SaaS or self-hosting, it supports decentralized content sharing, is scalable for large and small deployments, allows private, secure communication, and operates on Raspberry Pi.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • US flagUnited States
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  11. bore icon
     1 like

    A modern, simple TCP tunnel in Rust that exposes local ports to a remote server, bypassing standard NAT connection firewalls. That's all it does: no more, and no less.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Rust
    • Homebrew
    • Docker
    • Docker Hub
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