Forward Alternatives
Forward is described as 'The easiest way to share localhost over the web' and is an app in the Network & Admin category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Forward for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, the Web and Android. The best alternative is Vercel, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Forward are ngrok (Freemium), Portmap.io (Freemium), Pagekite (Freemium, Open Source) and sish (Free, Open Source).
- Deploy to the most powerful serverless platform in the world with just one command. View 35 alternatives to Vercel
- Freemium • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- GitHub Gist
- npm
- ngrok exposes local servers behind NATs and firewalls to the public internet over secure tunnels. View 27 alternatives to ngrok
- 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. View 17 alternatives to Portmap.io
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Bring your localhost servers on-line. View 21 alternatives to Pagekite
- An open source serveo/ngrok alternative. HTTP(S)/WS(S)/TCP Tunnels to localhost using only SSH. View 15 alternatives to sish
- Packetriot makes it simple to expose services and data on local and private networks to the Internet. View 15 alternatives to Packetriot
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Self-Hosted
- Kangee - the easy-to-use Open-Source Personal On-Demand Fileserver. Your communication partner only needs a browser to download or upload files to you. View 12 alternatives to Kangee
Discontinued
The program is no longer updated. Last version, 0.18, released in 2010, can be still downloaded from the official website.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- 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. View 11 alternatives to beame-insta-ssl
Discontinued
2020-12 - The project is discontinued
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- LocalXpose is a reverse proxy that enables you to expose your localhost to the internet. View 20 alternatives to LocalXpose
- Forward webhooks to localhost and expose servers behind firewalls and NATs without public IP/domain. View 16 alternatives to Webhook Relay
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Raspberry Pi