Open-source alternatives to Localtunnel

Expose is a PHP-based tunneling service and local environment proxy that exposes local servers to the internet via public URLs. It provides a secure way to share development previews and test APIs without deploying to a remote server. The project is distinguished by its support for self-hosted tunneling infrastructure, allowing users to deploy a private server for full control over data and network configuration. It includes a dedicated HTTP webhook debugger for capturing, inspecting, and replaying incoming requests to verify system behavior in a local environment. The toolset covers network

Rathole is a high-performance reverse proxy and NAT traversal tool written in Rust. It functions as a secure tunneling server and client architecture designed to expose local services to the internet by forwarding traffic from a public IP to a private device behind a firewall. The system establishes encrypted tunnels between a public server and a private host to ensure private communication. It utilizes token-based authentication to validate identities between the server and client for each individual service. The project provides TCP and UDP port forwarding and manages private tunnels to fa

wstunnel is a tool that tunnels arbitrary TCP traffic through WebSocket connections, enabling communication across restrictive firewalls and proxies. It operates as both a client and server, encapsulating TCP data within WebSocket binary frames and multiplexing multiple connections over a single WebSocket link. The tool supports mutual TLS authentication, requiring clients to present signed certificates for verification before establishing a tunnel, and provides shared secret access control and tunnel forwarding restrictions for additional security. The project distinguishes itself by offerin

This project is a community-curated directory of open-source software designed for deployment in private server environments and home labs. It serves as a comprehensive resource for discovering independent, self-hosted alternatives to mainstream cloud services, enabling users to maintain full data ownership and control over their digital infrastructure. The directory is structured through a hierarchical taxonomy that organizes a vast collection of applications into logical categories, ranging from media management and data analytics to private communication and team productivity tools. It dis

udp2raw is a network tunneling tool designed to bypass firewalls and obfuscate UDP traffic. It wraps UDP packets in alternative headers and utilizes raw socket networking to move data through networks that otherwise block or throttle UDP traffic. The project distinguishes itself by simulating TCP connections, mimicking the three-way handshake and sequence numbering to trick firewalls into treating UDP streams as TCP traffic. It further stabilizes these connections through heartbeat-driven port rotation, which automatically switches ports to recover sessions after detected failures. The tool

Awesome Tunneling is a curated directory of technologies designed to facilitate secure connectivity between distributed devices and local services. It serves as a comprehensive resource for identifying tools that enable remote access, private network creation, and the exposure of local environments to the public internet. The collection focuses on solutions that bypass network address translation and firewall restrictions through techniques such as reverse proxy tunneling, overlay network infrastructure, and peer-to-peer connectivity. It categorizes resources based on their ability to establi

Sish is a reverse SSH proxy and tunneling server designed to expose local services to the internet. It functions as an SSH tunneling proxy that routes HTTP, WebSocket, and TCP traffic from a remote server to a local machine, enabling the creation of public URLs for local applications. The project distinguishes itself through a combination of an SNI proxy for routing encrypted TLS traffic without decryption and a TCP load balancer that distributes incoming requests across multiple backend targets. It also includes a dedicated service console for real-time inspection and debugging of forwarded

This repository contains the comprehensive documentation for a code editor focused on AI-assisted software development and remote development workflows. It covers the implementation of AI agents and language models used for autonomous code generation, large-scale refactoring, and task iteration. The project is distinguished by its deep integration of autonomous AI agents capable of web navigation, application logic validation, and orchestrating multi-step development processes. It provides specialized frameworks for tailoring AI behavior through custom instructions, model context protocols, a

Zphisher is a security testing framework designed for conducting authorized social engineering assessments and penetration testing. It functions as a credential harvesting simulator that enables security professionals to evaluate organizational defenses and user awareness by deploying deceptive login interfaces. The platform automates the creation of realistic web pages through dynamic template rendering and provides tools to mask destination addresses. It integrates reverse proxy tunneling to expose local testing services to the public internet, allowing for remote access during security aud

Bore is a TCP tunneling tool and localhost exposure utility used to route local TCP ports to public IP addresses. It functions as a TCP port forwarder that makes services running on a local machine accessible over the internet via a remote listener. The project includes a secure tunnel server implementation that manages incoming connections and routes traffic to connected local clients. It utilizes shared secret handshakes to authorize tunnel creation and restrict access to authorized users. The system provides capabilities for firewall bypass networking and remote tunnel hosting. It manages

Gost is a Go-based network tunnel and multi-protocol proxy server. It functions as a gateway for routing TCP and UDP traffic, creating secure network tunnels between remote endpoints, and acting as a DNS proxy server to resolve domain name queries. The project is distinguished by its ability to implement multi-hop proxy chaining, which links multiple network nodes in a sequence to route traffic through specific paths. It also provides transparent proxying by integrating with virtual network interfaces to intercept system-level traffic without requiring manual client configuration. The system

Tunnelmole - Connect to local servers from anywhere

sshuttle: where transparent proxy meets VPN meets ssh

Expose localhost servers to the Internet

Edgetunnel is a serverless network proxy service designed to route traffic through global edge computing platforms. By leveraging distributed infrastructure, it facilitates secure and flexible connectivity for outgoing network requests, allowing users to bypass traditional server management while maintaining control over their traffic routing. The project distinguishes itself by providing a comprehensive suite of tools for managing proxy deployments, including a visual dashboard for monitoring connection logs and traffic statistics. It supports the generation of automated subscription feeds,

gost is a multi-protocol proxy tunnel and secure tunneling server designed to route network traffic through encrypted connections. It functions as a traffic obfuscation gateway and a transparent proxy server capable of intercepting TCP and UDP traffic at the IP level. The project also includes a virtual network interface manager for creating TUN and TAP devices to intercept operating system packets. The system distinguishes itself through a chain-based request routing model, allowing traffic to pass through an ordered sequence of proxy nodes. It provides extensive transport-layer encapsulatio

Cloak is a set of censorship circumvention tools designed for secure proxy tunneling and internet traffic obfuscation. It focuses on bypassing restrictive firewalls and state surveillance by disguising proxy connections as standard web browsing. The project utilizes HTTP fingerprint masquerading to imitate common browser signatures and routes traffic through content delivery networks to mask the identity of the origin server. To further hide the server's purpose, it includes a mechanism to redirect unauthenticated connection requests to a third-party website. The system implements transport

Deepagents is an LLM agent orchestration platform and stateful application server designed for deploying and managing AI agents built with computational graphs. It provides a containerized runtime environment that handles agent execution, state persistence, and the versioning of AI assistants. The platform distinguishes itself through deep integration with the Model Context Protocol, allowing agents to function as servers that expose tools and capabilities to external clients. It features a sophisticated observability suite for capturing execution traces, performing LLM-based evaluations agai

Hatchet is an open-source durable workflow engine and task orchestration platform. It provides a framework for building and executing fault-tolerant, multi-step pipelines as directed acyclic graphs (DAGs), with automatic retries, scheduling, and real-time observability. The system is built around durable task checkpointing, which persists execution state after each step so work can resume from the last checkpoint after a worker crash or restart, and it supports event-driven task resumption that pauses a task until a matching external event arrives. The platform distinguishes itself through it

LangBot is an orchestration platform designed for building, managing, and deploying AI agents. It functions as a comprehensive framework for integrating large language models with custom workflows, enabling developers to connect intelligent agents to various messaging platforms and external tools. The platform distinguishes itself through a modular, plugin-based architecture that allows for the extension of agent capabilities via custom tools and file parsers. It features a secure, sandbox-isolated runtime environment that executes untrusted code and plugin logic within resource-constrained c

This project provides a containerized DNS sinkhole and network-wide traffic filtering solution. It functions as a central network resolver that intercepts domain queries, allowing users to block advertisements, trackers, and malicious domains by returning null responses to connected devices. The platform distinguishes itself through its integrated DHCP server and comprehensive management capabilities, which allow for automated IP address allocation and granular control over network traffic. It supports complex filtering through regular expression matching, hierarchical rule prioritization, an

Zulip is an open-source, self-hosted chat platform designed for real-time team communication. It organizes conversations into threaded streams, allowing users to maintain focus and manage complex discussions within a private, secure infrastructure. The project provides full control over data, authentication, and server management, making it a comprehensive solution for organizations requiring a dedicated messaging environment. The platform distinguishes itself through a hybrid backend architecture that combines a robust web framework for standard requests with an asynchronous event-streaming

Fingerprint is a visitor identification and fraud detection platform that generates persistent, unique identifiers by analyzing browser and device attributes. By extracting technical signals from the client environment, it enables reliable user tracking across sessions without relying on traditional cookies. The platform distinguishes itself through its focus on high-accuracy identification and security-first architecture. It employs edge-side proxying to bypass ad-blockers and privacy restrictions, ensuring consistent data collection. To maintain data integrity, it uses cryptographic payload

FastMCP is a Python framework designed for building servers that expose functions, resources, and prompts to AI models using the Model Context Protocol. It simplifies the development process by automatically deriving tool metadata, input schemas, and documentation directly from Python function signatures and type hints. The framework provides a unified container for managing these components, allowing developers to build modular applications that integrate seamlessly with AI assistants. The project distinguishes itself through its support for interactive, server-defined user interface compone

nodejs-argo is a Node.js network proxy server designed to route network traffic and manage secure communication tunnels across various protocols. It functions as a cloud proxy tunnel that exposes local services to the public internet and includes a subscription manager for generating and distributing connection configuration links to clients. The system integrates a network service monitor to track the operational status and performance of services via external monitoring panels. It also utilizes endpoint-based configuration distribution to provide connection settings and authentication detai

Trape is a browser-based remote access tool and exploit framework designed for gathering device geolocation, hardware profiles, and network data. It functions as an open-source intelligence platform and a system for executing custom scripts and triggering browser vulnerabilities to capture credentials or monitor device activity. The project features a real-time geolocation tracker capable of retrieving precise physical coordinates and monitoring individual movement, including silent acquisition that bypasses standard location prompts. It further provides a network tunneling service to make lo

Laragon is a portable web server suite and WAMP stack manager that provides a self-contained local development environment. It enables the bootstrapping of web applications through the orchestration of web servers, databases, and language runtimes on a single machine. The project is distinguished by its registry-free portable mode, allowing the entire development stack to be moved between drives or computers without re-installation. It features automated virtual host mapping and SSL certificate generation for local domains, as well as a local tunneling gateway to expose projects via public UR