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ngrok - Serve local web apps with one command

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Spend more time programming. Add your localhost app to the internet with security, observability, and production scale in one command.

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If you were a developer going on a desert island which dev tool would you bring with you? Mine would be ngrok for sure! It has been a great companion over the years during many hackathons, product demos, pair programming sessions, or to test out integrations. But I just realized that it does way more than just "expose your localhost to the world". Really cool to see this project grow and see all the new features available!
I'm using ngrok for so long, I was really curious to see it launched today. And now I see that it's hunted by Nicolas. Two good surprises :D
ngrok is great! but what are you doing with ngrok on an island with no internet :))
Maker
We launched two new products - Cloud Edges and Secure Tunnels - which allows you to add authN, load balancing, circuit breaking, and a bunch of other capabilities via a few command line options. It's almost magic
Maker
Nothing. You should enjoy the lack of notification pings, dings, and emails ;)
I’m a huge fan of ngrok! Did something big happen that pushed to make a Product Hunt launch or was it just not hunted before and you wanted to do it? One feature request: it would be nice if it was possible to set some “password” for others using it just in case the temporal link leaked online and someone got access to it.
Maker
Product manager from ngrok here. We launched a bunch of new capabilities that you should check out. You can add a user:pass to your links with the —basic-auth flag or add OAuth with the —oauth flag (no app changes needed). Thanks for using ngrok!
I have been using ngrok from a long time for testing my apps on different devices. And honestly this is the best developer tool i have ever used 🚀
Maker
Wow. I'm humbled. Thanks for building awesome things :)
Congrats! I have been using your product on and off for a couple of years now. Love it, makes demoing and some testing way easier. Kinda looks and feels like a de-facto tool for developers that work from home.
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That's what we've seen too. Most IT teams won't lend a hand with NAT traversal, etc on your home network so we cut through all of it :)
There was not enough demand before the pandemic. Now, as more people are starting to work from home, the demand skyrockets. In the past you had to customize your router settings to provide a static IP. Then add port-forwarding for the designer port on the desired machine. If you had a dynamic IP, you either had to get your current IP or use a live DNS service where you'd it frequently. That was a hustle. I am curious if you will implement other protocols in the future. Something outside of HTTP and WS.
Maker
Yes, we already handle TCP traffic and here's a concrete list of systems/apps - Are you hoping for a specific protocol?
<3 super cool Congrats!
Congrats on the launch! Love your product!
Maker
Thanks! Glad to hear that :)
Congrats on Launch!
Maker
Congrats on the launch, and team!
Maker
Thank you ❤️
Looks promising! Going to test this out further... Congrats!
Maker
Awesome. Check out the one liners from in that post and any of them on the Product page. You should be able to copy/paste/tweak and run any of them
Love your product, guys :)
Maker
Thank you . We ❤️ you too.
You have done a great job! Congratulations to the launch team!
Maker
Thank you from the entire ngrok team
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