bubenshchykov/ngrok

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2415 stars · 319 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Node.js wrapper around the ngrok client binary that lets developers programmatically open tunnels exposing localhost servers to the public internet. It provides an async API for connecting, disconnecting, and managing tunnels, and can also be installed globally as a CLI.

Use cases

• expose my localhost to the internet for testing
• receive stripe webhooks on my local dev machine
• share a local dev server with a teammate via a public url
• programmatically start and stop ngrok tunnels from node
• test a webhook integration without deploying
• demo a locally running app to a client

When to choose

• you develop in Node.js and want to manage ngrok tunnels from code
• you need a public HTTPS URL for local webhook development
• you want ngrok available as both a library and a global CLI in one npm package

When to avoid

• you need a self-hosted tunneling solution without ngrok accounts or usage limits
• your project is not JavaScript/Node.js based
• you need production-grade ingress rather than development tunnels

Facets

library · maturity active

networking developer-tools cli webhook developer-tools web-development networking cross-platform cli ngrok tunneling localhost webhook-testing public-url node-wrapper command-line nodejs

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