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Git vs ngrok: What are the differences?
Git: Fast, scalable, distributed revision control system. Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency; ngrok: Securely expose a local web server to the internet and capture all traffic for detailed inspection and replay. 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.
Git can be classified as a tool in the "Version Control System" category, while ngrok is grouped under "localhost Tools".
"Distributed version control system" is the primary reason why developers consider Git over the competitors, whereas "Easy to use" was stated as the key factor in picking ngrok.
Git and ngrok are both open source tools. It seems that Git with 28.2K GitHub stars and 16.3K forks on GitHub has more adoption than ngrok with 16.5K GitHub stars and 2.87K GitHub forks.
According to the StackShare community, Git has a broader approval, being mentioned in 3932 company stacks & 4778 developers stacks; compared to ngrok, which is listed in 26 company stacks and 16 developer stacks.
Pros of Git
- Distributed version control system1.4K
- Efficient branching and merging1.1K
- Fast959
- Open source843
- Better than svn726
- Great command-line application368
- Simple306
- Free291
- Easy to use232
- Does not require server221
- Distributed28
- Small & Fast23
- Feature based workflow18
- Staging Area15
- Most wide-spread VSC13
- Disposable Experimentation11
- Role-based codelines11
- Frictionless Context Switching7
- Data Assurance6
- Efficient5
- Just awesome4
- Github integration3
- Easy branching and merging3
- Light2
- Compatible2
- Possible to lose history and commits2
- Flexible2
- Rebase supported natively; reflog; access to plumbing1
- Easy1
- Fast, scalable, distributed revision control system1
- Team Integration1
- Flexible, easy, Safe, and fast1
- CLI is great, but the GUI tools are awesome1
- It's what you do1
- Phinx0
Pros of ngrok
- Easy to use26
- Super-fast11
- Free7
- Awesome traffic analysis page6
- Reliable custom domains5
- Mobile development1
- Shares service-wide metrics1
- Supports UTP And HTTPS0
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Cons of Git
- Hard to learn16
- Inconsistent command line interface11
- Easy to lose uncommitted work9
- Worst documentation ever possibly made8
- Awful merge handling5
- Unexistent preventive security flows3
- Rebase hell3
- Ironically even die-hard supporters screw up badly2
- When --force is disabled, cannot rebase2
- Doesn't scale for big data1
Cons of ngrok
- Doesn't Support UDP5
- El tunel SSH cambia de dominio constantemente1
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