tmate Alternatives

tmate is described as 'Instant terminal sharing software fork from tmux. Tmate can use as daemon, and you also can host your own server' and is an app in the network & admin category. There are more than 10 alternatives to tmate for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Self-Hosted and Docker apps. The best tmate alternative is Fossorial Pangolin, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like tmate are ngrok, sshx, wireport and LocaltoNet.

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  1. 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.

    55 Fossorial Pangolin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  2. ngrok icon
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    ngrok exposes local servers behind NATs and firewalls to the public internet over secure tunnels.

    69 ngrok alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
     
  3. sshx icon
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    Fast, collaborative live terminals in the browser, with real-time chat, cursors, and activity tracking.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  4. wireport icon
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    Self-hosted ingress proxy & VPN tunnel. Securely exposes private local & Docker-based services to the Internet, with free, automatically renewable SSL certificates and docker container hostname resolution.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. LocaltoNet icon
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    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.

    44 LocaltoNet alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Docker
     
  6. Gotty icon
     6 likes

    Transforms terminal applications into web interfaces for remote execution, supporting multiple operating systems, with HTTP and HTTPS protocols, customization options, ideal for command-line education, system administrators, and developers valuing lightweight, open-source solutions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7. Codesphere icon
     2 likes

    Codesphere provides efficient collaboration, trivial deployments, and global scaling in one platform. Transitioning to cloud-native infrastructure has never been easier, no DevOps experience required.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  8. zrok icon
     3 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)
     
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    Comments about zrok as an Alternative to tmate
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    I don't think you can share your terminal with zrok like you do with tmate.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • zrok is Freemium and Open Sourcetmate is Free and Open Source
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    WebTTY allows you to share a terminal session from your machine using WebRTC. You can pair with a friend without setting up a proxy server, debug servers behind NATs, and more. WebTTY also works in-browser.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. tty-share icon
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    tty-share is a very simple tool used to share your Linux/OSX terminal over the Internet. The remote participant needs not setup, and they can join the session from the browser or from the terminal (tty-share <secret URL>).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Docker
     
  11. ttyd icon
     1 like

    Share your terminal over the web. Contribute to tsl0922/ttyd development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. Upterm is an open-sourced solution for sharing terminal sessions instantly over the public internet via SSH tunnels. It is good for

    • Remote pair programming
    • Access remote computers behind NATs and firewalls
    • Remote debugging

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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