Ngrok

lastmod 2026-03-02created 2023-03-1410 edits

A solution that makes a local web server reachable via a public domain name, even when it sits behind NAT

See also

• Tunneling protocol
• pgrok - Poor man's ngrok
• Piko - Open-source alternative to Ngrok
• Portr - Open-source ngrok alternative for small teams
• FRP
• cloudflared
• Octelium - Open-source alternative to Teleport, Cloudflare, Tailscale, and Ngrok
• localias - Custom local domain aliases for local development servers
• portless - A tool that replaces port numbers with name-based .localhost URLs

Favorite site

• Awesome Tunneling - A collection of ngrok alternatives (solutions that make a local web server reachable via a public domain name, even behind NAT)
• Ngrok - Features and usage (turning a local server into a public server)
• Developing with Ngrok - OpsNow
• (ngrok) Making a local server reachable from the outside
• Using it - How to access localhost from outside