The purpose of this list is to track and compare tunneling solutions.
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The purpose of this list is to track and compare tunneling solutions. This is primarily targeting toward developers who want to do things like exposing a local webserver via a public address.

Software

  • ngrok 2.0 - Probably the gold standard and most popular. Closed source. Lots of features, including TLS and TCP tunnels. Doesn't require root to run client.
  • localtunnel - Written in node. Popular suggestion.
  • PageKite - Comprehensive open source solution with hosted options.
  • ngrok 1.0 - Original version of ngrok. No longer developed in favor of the commercial 2.0 version.
  • frp - Seems to be a pretty comprehensive open alternative to ngrok.
  • holepunch.io - Has nice hosted solution. Uses SSH for muxing. (code).
  • CloudFlare Argo Tunnel - $5/mo + $0.1/GB. Integrates with Argo smart routing. Client source code is available.
  • Telebit - Written in JS. Open source.
  • slt - Open source TLS proxy from the creator of ngrok. Supports SNI.
  • serveo - Mentioned quite a bit the last couple years, but appears to be down currently. Simply uses SSH for tunneling.
  • Tailscale - Built on WireGuard. Closed source. Easy to use. Doesn't include an HTTPS proxy on the public side, but could be combined with nginx/Caddy/etc.
  • sshuttle - Open source project originally from one of the founders of Tailscale. Server doesn't require root; client does. Explicitly designed to avoid TCP-over-TCP issues.
  • expose - ngrok alternative written in PHP.
  • chisel - Another HTTPS+SSH option.
  • tunneller - Open source. Written in Go.

Discussions of different solutions and tradeoffs