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Best Open-Source Alternatives
to ngrok in 2026

Stop paying for ngrok. These free, open-source tools give you full data ownership, no vendor lock-in, and deploy for as little as $5/month on your own VPS.

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bore
11.5k ⭐ · MIT
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Open Source vs ngrok: Full Comparison

Feature Open Sourcengrok
Free to use (forever)
Self-hosted / private data
Open source (auditable code)
No vendor lock-in
Docker / 1-click deploy
Unlimited users / events
Custom domain & branding
Managed updates & backups
Built-in CDN & scaling
Enterprise SLA & support

Deploy bore in Minutes

Follow these steps to get your self-hosted instance up and running.

  1. 1
    git clone https://github.com/ekzhang/bore

    Clone the repository

  2. 2
    npm install && cp .env.example .env

    Install dependencies and configure env

  3. 3
    npm run build && npm start

    Build and launch the application

  4. 4
    Configure reverse proxy (nginx/Caddy)

    Point your domain at the app

All Open-Source Alternatives to ngrok

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bore

Networking
11.5k

🕳 bore is a simple CLI tool for making tunnels to localhost

Alt to ngrokRustMIT
Oct 2026
GitHub

portr

Networking
3.2k

Expose local http, tcp or websocket connections to the public internet

Alt to ngrokGoAGPL-3.0
Oct 2026
GitHub