Tunnelmole – Connect to local servers from anywhere

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  • tunnelmole-client

    Tunnelmole - Connect to local servers from anywhere

  • frp

    A fast reverse proxy to help you expose a local server behind a NAT or firewall to the internet.

  • Nice work, these types of tools are invaluable and there are well-supported paid options, but not that many OSS projects. There is another project called fast reverse proxy (frp) that has been around for a while, it's open source, however some users are concerned with the country of origin. Never the less, it's probably more mature and well-tested at this point.

    https://github.com/fatedier/frp

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  • sish

    HTTP(S)/WS(S)/TCP Tunnels to localhost using only SSH.

  • My favourite one is https://github.com/antoniomika/sish

    It uses SSH as the method of opening the remote tunnel to the public server.

  • tunnel

    DIY ngrok alternative (by ziolko)

  • Some time ago I created an instruction on setting up a DIY ngrok alternative with just Caddy and SSH [1]. Works really well for me ever since.

    [1] https://github.com/ziolko/tunnel

  • frwd

    Just another nearly zero configuration ngrok ssh alternative.

  • I am using my own solution. https://github.com/Eun/frwd

  • awesome-tunneling

    List of ngrok/Cloudflare Tunnel alternatives and other tunneling software and services. Focus on self-hosting.

  • Guide to similar services in this space:

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

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  • Requestly (https://github.com/requestly/requestly) founder here!

    This looks promising! We were also considering to build tunnelling support in our desktop app. Definitely going to explore your DIY tool, thanks for sharing.

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