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inconshreveable/ngrok

Unified ingress for developers observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/inconshreveable/ngrok · homepage · Go · NOASSERTION (other) · archived observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

10/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases archived no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4914
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 859
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

24428 stars · 4253 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

This is the archived repository for ngrok v1, a Go-based tool that created secure tunnels from public URLs to locally running services, actively developed from 2013 to 2016. It is no longer developed, supported, or maintained; the ngrok cloud service continues under a separate repository and the company now offers a full ingress/gateway platform.

Use cases

  • expose a local web server on a public URL
  • test webhooks from Stripe or GitHub against localhost
  • demo an app running on my machine without deploying it
  • tunnel SSH or RDP into a remote device
  • inspect and replay HTTP traffic to a local service
  • share a Minecraft or game server with friends

When to choose

  • you need to maintain or fork the legacy v1 codebase
  • you want a self-contained, self-hostable tunnel implementation for study or archival purposes

When to avoid

  • you want a supported tunneling tool - use the current ngrok agent or alternatives like Cloudflare Tunnel or localtunnel
  • you need modern features like TLS, traffic policy, or API gateway capabilities
  • you expect bug fixes or security patches - this repo is archived

Facets

cli-tool · maturity abandoned

proxy api-gateway http-server networking webhook networking developer-tools web-development security self-hosted windows go cross-platform cli tunneling localhost-sharing reverse-proxy ingress archived ngrok-v1 tcp-forwarding webhook-testing linux macos

10 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
inconshreveable/ngrokmain10

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