ngrok
Dev tools
tunneling tool
SHOW HN2013
66points
35comments
#383of 1,739 in 2013
Top 23%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
8 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 1 critical, out of 17 comments about the project. Thread score +0.43.
Idea: 4 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
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What people liked
Immediately useful and quick to set up
From 2 comments
really useful, quick to set up, nice console, and a lot easier than setting up port forwarding and dyndns. Thanks for an immediately useful tool! P.S. I hope you're not retaining…
brent_noorda on HNThe replay button in the local web UI is enough to make this instantly useful. Thanks for building this.
ggoodale on HN
Replay button and traffic inspection are useful
From 2 comments
The replay button in the local web UI is enough to make this instantly useful. Thanks for building this.
ggoodale on HNreally useful, quick to set up, nice console, and a lot easier than setting up port forwarding and dyndns. Thanks for an immediately useful tool! P.S. I hope you're not retaining…
brent_noorda on HN
Objections
Description on the page was unclear
From 2 comments
Can you please create a better description of what this is and how we use it? I've read all the pages and it's still murky. Is this a reverse proxy from your server to our local…
peterwwillis on HNIt also took me awhile to figure out what ngrok does. Once I did, I can see the usefulness for sure. One path would be a list like you provide above, a sort of "your situation /…
finnh on HN
Bug: authtoken not saved to ~/.ngrok on Linux
From 1 comment
Bug report: on Linux / Ubuntu 12.04. I set up an account, downloaded ngrok, ran it with -authtoken param using my authtoken, and started my first tunnel. The documentation says…
pixelmonkey on HN
Requests
Clearer description on the front page and title
From 2 comments
Can you please create a better description of what this is and how we use it? I've read all the pages and it's still murky. Is this a reverse proxy from your server to our local…
peterwwillis on HNIt would be cool if you could put a description of what it is in the title of the page, so that bookmarking it could be faster. If there is a bandwidth or number of connections…
lolcraft on HN
Bandwidth or connection limits stated on front page
From 1 comment
It would be cool if you could put a description of what it is in the title of the page, so that bookmarking it could be faster. If there is a bandwidth or number of connections…
lolcraft on HN
Questions
Is it free forever or free for now?
From 1 comment
Is this "free right now" or "free forever"? Are you running this as a public utility or have an aim to turn it into a business?
pixelmonkey on HN
Does the server store traffic data?
From 1 comment
really useful, quick to set up, nice console, and a lot easier than setting up port forwarding and dyndns. Thanks for an immediately useful tool! P.S. I hope you're not retaining…
brent_noorda on HN
Alternatives named
localtunnel
From 2 comments
Were you aware of localtunnel "http://progrium.com/localtunnel/" before you started this project? I think it does sort of the same thing. Obviously you have a lot more features…
zhemao on HNNice! I worked on localtunnel.me which has some similar goals. I like the SSL encryption option and the data capture. Could see that being useful for some use cases.
shtylman on HN
runscope Passageway
From 2 comments
This sounds technically similar to runscope[1] (reverse proxy via the cloud), although they are specifically focused on debugging/testing web APIs. [1] https://www.runscope.com/
lnmx on HNngrok is functionally equivalent to our Passageway: runscope.com/docs/passageway. Can never have enough tools out there though. Looks great Alan.
johns on HN
autossh reverse SSH tunnel
From 1 comment
Very cool idea. Right now I'm using autossh to keep a reverse ssh tunnel open. It works reliably, but the performance is awful. Great work!
ptolts on HN