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Tunnelmole, an ngrok alternative (open source)

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Re: Tunnelmole, an ngrok alternative (open source)

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It's not mentioned anywhere in this blog post, but the project has a website at https://tunnelmole.com/ and a github repo at https://github.com/robbie-cahill/tunnelmole-client

EDIT: And, actually, I don't think this is really an ngrok alternative. Unless I'm mistaken it looks like it only supports HTTP, whereas ngrok is a generic TCP proxy. (Albeit that ngrok does not support TCP half-close because it treats it like a full close).

Re: Tunnelmole, an ngrok alternative (open source)

#8
I maintain a list of similar tools here:

https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling

I'm not sure there's a single class of software that's been implemented more times than ngrok-style tunneling. I keep finding more and more.

Honestly it's a really fun exercise. Fairly challenging, but well within the reach of a single developer. I believe I'm currently working on my 5th incarnation.

Re: Tunnelmole, an ngrok alternative (open source)

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post #7

Many alternatives: SSH reverse tunnels, Cloudflare tunnels, various reverse proxies like FRP, Tailscale funnel (probably for short lived light connections), ngrok, etc

also https://zrok.io/. Its open source, and has a free SaaS. Its also more comprehensive than Tunnelmore, e.g., supporting TCP or UDP tunnels.
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