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I must have overlooked this when I unhappily settled for ngrok -- thank you for sharing a FOSS alternative.

• juancampa 9y ago
  I'm curious, what don't you like about ngrok? Is it just that it's a paid service? You do need a server somewhere to forward connections and that normally costs money to run
  • shubb 9y ago
    Well indeed - I wonder how these folks are gonna pay for hosting once someone starts testing a video streaming site...
    • burntrelish1273 9y ago
      It would be nice if there were flattr, Patreon, Venmo, BTC/LTC donation links all over it to pay for VPS/AWS charges. (Not PayPal, F them.) It's good to ensure survival and utility of cool things such that Tragedy of the Commons doesn't spoil them.
  • neeksHN 9y ago
    Ideological reasons. I'm no Richard Stallman, but try to exclusively use FOSS software. I have made concessions for requirements at work (G Suite, Slack, Ngrok for conference calls/webhooks, etc). The source for the backend portion is also available, https://github.com/localtunnel/server https://github.com/localtunnel/server. Going to set it up shortly on my own personal box, and if it works smoothly I'll be able to present it as a self-hosted alternative to my employer.