What is ngrok?
ngrok is a reverse proxy that creates a secure tunnel between from a public endpoint to a locally running web service. ngrok captures and analyzes all traffic over the tunnel for later inspection and replay.
ngrok is a tool in the localhost Tools category of a tech stack.
ngrok is an open source tool with 22.9K GitHub stars and 4.3K GitHub forks. Here’s a link to ngrok's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses ngrok?
Companies
48 companies reportedly use ngrok in their tech stacks, including Shelf, Zendesk, and backend.
Developers
202 developers on StackShare have stated that they use ngrok.
ngrok Integrations
GitHub, Slack, Twilio SendGrid, 1Password, and Azk are some of the popular tools that integrate with ngrok. Here's a list of all 5 tools that integrate with ngrok.
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ngrok's Features
- Expose any http service behind a NAT or firewall to the internet on a subdomain of ngrok.com
- Expose any tcp service behind a NAT or firewall to the internet on a random port of ngrok.com
- Inspect all http requests/responses that are transmitted over the tunnel
- Replay any request that was transmitted over the tunnel
ngrok Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to ngrok?
NGINX
nginx [engine x] is an HTTP and reverse proxy server, as well as a mail proxy server, written by Igor Sysoev. According to Netcraft nginx served or proxied 30.46% of the top million busiest sites in Jan 2018.
Heroku
Heroku is a cloud application platform – a new way of building and deploying web apps. Heroku lets app developers spend 100% of their time on their application code, not managing servers, deployment, ongoing operations, or scaling.
PageKite
PageKite is a system for exposing localhost servers to the public Internet. It is most commonly used to make local web servers or SSH servers publicly visible, although almost any TCP-based protocol can work if the client knows how to use an HTTP proxy.
Postman
It is the only complete API development environment, used by nearly five million developers and more than 100,000 companies worldwide.
Termius
The #1 cross-platform terminal with built-in ssh client which works as your own portable server management system in any situation.
