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

129 mentions on Hacker News by 41 people: 8 stories, 121 comments · first 2020-09-17 · latest 2026-09-18

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  1. This is a crowded space with lots of solutions (oss and commercial) https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling
    comment by israrkhan · 2026-09-18 · in Cloudflare Quick Tunnels
  2. For someone looking for an opensource solutions, following is an awesome resource for tunnelling https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling I have played around with frp, bore and ngrok.
    comment by israrkhan · 2026-09-18 · in Cloudflare Quick Tunnels
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    Awesome-tunneling – List of ngrok, Cloudflare Tunnel, Tailscale and related
    story by peter_d_sherman · 2026-09-18 · 1 comment
  4. …Connect login service ( https://lastlogin.net/ ), created the de facto list of tunneling tools ( https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling ), and built a couple of my own tunneling tools (SirTunnel and boringproxy), all to try and…
    comment by apitman · 2026-09-06 · in Cloud in a Bottle: making self-hosting accessible to everyone
  5. Would love to have this on https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling as soon as it hits 100 stars.
    comment by apitman · 2026-07-31 · in Show HN: BitBang – Reach machines behind NAT from a browser, no account
  6. Some other similar projects: https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling#overlay-ne... Interesting to see this built on Iroh.
    comment by apitman · 2026-07-05 · in Rayfish, Peer-to-peer mesh VPN with no server to trust
  7. I think this is the most popular GH: https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling . There are tunneling tools written in Go, Rust, Python, Node, PHP, Java, .NET, and C. Some use SSH, some WireGuard, some WebSockets, some QUIC, some…
    comment by srichard16 · 2026-06-04 · in Ask HN: What are all the ways to punch through NAT?
  8. You may be interested in my list here: https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling In particular I believe OpenZiti has a similar focus on embedding the tunnel in the apps.
    comment by apitman · 2026-03-19 · in Noq: n0's new QUIC implementation in Rust
  9. Not trying to be a jerk but how is this different than the Rust solutions listed on https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling already? What makes your solution better or different?
    comment by veverkap · 2026-03-18 · in A ngrok-style secure tunnel server written in Rust and Open Source
  10. Add it to the list https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling
    comment by ollybee · 2026-03-18 · in A ngrok-style secure tunnel server written in Rust and Open Source
  11. I've maintained this list the last several years: https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling Pangolin has quickly risen almost to the top since being released. It's very well loved by /r/selfhosted.
    comment by apitman · 2026-02-16 · in Show HN: Pangolin: Open-source identity-based VPN (Twingate/Zscaler alternative)
  12. …OpenZiti, Headscale, Nebula the 3 closest? great resource here (no affiliation) for HN community: https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling
    comment by gz5 · 2026-02-01 · in Netbird – Open Source Zero Trust Networking
  13. …Was surprised not to find a pure node.js solution that's easy to self-host and has CLI/SDK. Added https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling/pull/214
    comment by punkpeye · 2026-01-19 · in Show HN: Pipenet – A Modern Alternative to Localtunnel
  14. Add it to the list https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling
    comment by ollybee · 2026-01-19 · in Show HN: Pipenet – A Modern Alternative to Localtunnel
  15. …forward a port for some time and so you can debug it I recommend you to take a look at this as well https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling?tab=readme...
    comment by Imustaskforhelp · 2026-01-13 · in Text-based web browsers
  16. A few other options as well: https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling
    comment by apitman · 2025-12-04 · in Tunnl.gg
  17. The other option from this great list https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling which seems to meet both sets of goals is NetFoundry. 1. End-to-end encryption. 2. Performance and reliability. 100+ PoPs in all major clouds running…
    comment by gz5 · 2025-11-17 · in I finally understand Cloudflare Zero Trust tunnels
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    Tunneling
    story by keepamovin · 2025-09-12 · 0 comments
  19. https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling - for anyone interested in the landscape of tunneling tools like this.
    comment by behrlich · 2025-07-27 · in Dumb Pipe
  20. There are dozens of open source alternatives to Cloudflare Tunnels: https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling That being said, I believe Pangolin is one of the better and polished ones.
    comment by PhilippGille · 2025-07-11 · in Show HN: Pangolin – Open source alternative to Cloudflare Tunnels
  21. And many more: https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling
    comment by apitman · 2025-06-29 · in Show HN: Octelium – FOSS Alternative to Teleport, Cloudflare, Tailscale, Ngrok
  22. …automate this process but can't remember where. There are lots of good related tools listed here: https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling
    comment by zokier · 2025-06-18 · in Locally hosting an internet-connected server
  23. I maintain a list of tunneling solutions here: https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling Usually my first question is what makes this different than the many existing options. Looks like the answer in this case is that it's p2p and…
    comment by apitman · 2025-05-27 · in Show HN: Malai – securely share local TCP services (database/SSH) with others
  24. Or ngrok, or Cloudflare Tunnel or https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling
    comment by Apreche · 2025-05-27 · in Show HN: Malai – securely share local TCP services (database/SSH) with others
  25. …in a wireguard-based approach. There is a huge list of alternatives as well you can find at https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling . You can find OpenZiti and zrok on there but the github urls if interested are…
    comment by dovholuknf · 2025-05-12 · in Mycoria is an open and secure overlay network that connects all participants
  26. …alternatives cropping up[0]. I'm curious to see what Tailscale can do with a lot of resources. [0]: https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling?tab=readme...
    comment by apitman · 2025-04-08 · in Tailscale has raised $160M
  27. or one of the many alternatives - https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling . I will advocate for zrok.io as I work on its parent project, OpenZiti. zrok is open source and has a free (more generous and capable) SaaS than ngrok.
    comment by PLG88 · 2025-03-06 · in Tailscale is pretty useful
  28. …I'd be interested to see something like Tailscale implemented on top of WebTransport. [0]: https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling [1]: https://tailscale.com/blog/how-nat-traversal-works
    comment by apitman · 2025-03-05 · in Tailscale is pretty useful
  29. …NAT/CGNAT works fine. For inbound connections you can use SNI routing with a tunnel[0]. [0]: https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling
    comment by apitman · 2025-03-05 · in CGNAT frustrates all IP address-based technologies (2019)
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    Can the host header in HTTP be changed at the application layer?
    story by jaikant · 2025-01-29 · 1 comment
  31. Whole bunch of alternatives too - https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling . I will advocate for zrok.io as I work on its parent project, OpenZiti. zrok is open source and has a free (more generous and capable) SaaS than ngrok.
    comment by PLG88 · 2025-01-26 · in How I Use Home Assistant in 2025
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    Show HN: connet – A P2P reverse proxy with NAT traversal
    story by Ingon · 2025-01-02 · 29 comments
  33. Why not just use one of the many open source ngrok alternatives - https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling . I will advocate for zrok.io as I work on its parent project, OpenZiti. zrok is open source and has a free (more generous…
    comment by PLG88 · 2024-12-17 · in Show HN: PipeGate – A Lightweight, Self-Hosted Proxy to Expose Local Servers
  34. …is a pain, so it solves that, but the security IMHO is just as important. It's a shame lists like - https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling - do not call this out. fwiw, the one I work on, zrok.io (in truth, I work on its parent…
    comment by PLG88 · 2024-10-18 · in Access your Raspberry Pi without a public IP
  35. …exposes your local environment to the internet, unrestricted. Pinggy (and other sharing platforms - https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling ) share a resource on a public IP, which should be at the very least behind basic auth.…
    comment by PLG88 · 2024-10-18 · in Access your Raspberry Pi without a public IP
  36. …onto a single TLS-encrypted tunnel socket. Hopefully I'll make it on the hall of fame [1] :) [1] https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling
    comment by boronine · 2024-10-15 · in H2tunnel – ngrok alternative for Node.js in 600 LOC and no dependencies
  37. Plenty of alternatives exist - https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling . My issue with Funnel is that it includes no auth, exposing you to anyone in the world. I will advocate for zrok.io as I work on its parent project,…
    comment by PLG88 · 2024-09-24 · in Colocation: Non-Clown Hosting
  38. …you often want TLS and reverse proxy functionality built in. I maintain a list of such tools here: https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling
    comment by apitman · 2024-09-20 · in Visual guide to SSH tunneling and port forwarding (2023)
  39. This is pretty nice. I see sish and inlets. I have a lot more similar tools on my list here: https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling For auth, I also made a comparison of OIDC servers here: https://github.com/lastlogin-net/obligat…
    comment by apitman · 2024-09-18 · in Gentle Guide to Self-Hosting
  40. …one built on a simple, open protocol for both auth and transit. [0]: https://takingnames.io [1]: https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling
    comment by apitman · 2024-09-06 · in Why I self host my servers and what I've recently learned
  41. …them, because I could go from huge margins to losing money overnight if they ever raised them. [0]: https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling
    comment by apitman · 2024-08-06 · in Hetzner Cloud Expands to Singapore
  42. Whole bunch of alternatives too - https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling . I will advocate for zrok.io as I work on its parent project, OpenZiti. zrok is open source and has a free SaaS with more security hardening/authN/authZ…
    comment by PLG88 · 2024-07-22 · in Jellyfin: We're Good, Seriously
  43. There are tons of options - https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling . I will advocate for zrok.io as I work on its parent project, OpenZiti. zrok is open source and has a free SaaS.
    comment by PLG88 · 2024-07-18 · in Ask HN: Any way to borrow compute from Apple M1
  44. This is very cool! Trying to get it added to awesome-tunneling: https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling/pull/149 Related -- we also built a simple (but not production-grade) tunneling solution just for devving on our open-source…
    comment by NathanFlurry · 2024-05-14 · in Show HN: Pico: An open-source Ngrok alternative built for production traffic
  45. Here is a bunch of more alternatives https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling
    comment by 1ark · 2024-04-21 · in Portr: Open-Source Ngrok Alternative
  46. awesome-tunneling lists a number of ngrok alternatives: https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39754786 - FWIU headscale works with the tailscale client and supports MagicDNS
    comment by westurner · 2024-04-15 · in Can You Grok It – Hacking together my own dev tunnel service
  47. There are a whole bunch of alternatives too - https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling . I will advocate for zrok.io as I work on its parent project, OpenZiti. zrok is open source and has a free SaaS as well as more built in…
    comment by PLG88 · 2024-04-12 · in Do You Need IPv4 Anymore?
  48. Very neat. Lots of similar tools listed on https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling . Seems similar to zrok.io, ngrok, cloudflare tunnels, tailscale funnels and zrok although you're using http/3 explicitly. Personally I work on…
    comment by dovholuknf · 2024-04-08 · in Reverst: Reverse Tunnels in Go over HTTP/3 and QUIC
  49. …I'll see that OG localtunnel gets added to the list for posterity. [0]: https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling [1]: https://github.com/localtunnel/localtunnel
    comment by apitman · 2024-04-03 · in Show HN: Portr – open-source ngrok alternative designed for teams
  50. Relevant awesome list on tunneling: https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling
    comment by kincl · 2024-04-03 · in Show HN: Portr – open-source ngrok alternative designed for teams