# inconshreveable/ngrok

Unified ingress for developers

Repository: https://github.com/inconshreveable/ngrok
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ngrok
Homepage: https://ngrok.com
Language: Go
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2024-04-26T18:11:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4914, "days_push": 859, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 24428, forks 4253 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:37.104735+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: proxy, api-gateway, http-server, networking, webhook
- domain: networking, developer-tools, web-development, security, self-hosted
- platform: windows, go, cross-platform, cli
- tags: tunneling, localhost-sharing, reverse-proxy, ingress, archived, ngrok-v1, tcp-forwarding, webhook-testing, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- inconshreveable/ngrok (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:37.104735+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:56:13.694063+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/inconshreveable/ngrok (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:37.104735+00:00, sha 06883fd8e329)
  - homepage: https://ngrok.com (fetched 2026-08-29T07:53:37.528025+00:00, sha 2a1a2d02999c)
  - site_page: https://ngrok.com/docs/start (fetched 2026-08-29T07:53:37.539295+00:00, sha cf6e4723c2f3)
  - site_page: https://ngrok.com/docs/share-localhost/webhooks (fetched 2026-08-29T07:53:37.543676+00:00, sha a849ef5b3b04)
  - site_page: https://ngrok.com/docs/using-ngrok-with/using-mcp (fetched 2026-08-29T07:53:37.545376+00:00, sha 4c9e7b049fbd)
  - site_page: https://ngrok.com/docs/gateway/examples/minecraft (fetched 2026-08-29T07:53:37.547022+00:00, sha 22443c449b2f)
  - site_page: https://ngrok.com/docs/gateway/examples/ephemeral-workloads (fetched 2026-08-29T07:53:37.548727+00:00, sha 5bba11482c28)
  - site_page: https://ngrok.com/docs/gateway/ssh-rdp (fetched 2026-08-29T07:53:37.550258+00:00, sha 771538708695)
  - site_page: https://ngrok.com/docs/api (fetched 2026-08-29T07:53:37.552069+00:00, sha a5281d8fec83)
  - site_page: https://ngrok.com/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T07:53:37.541669+00:00, sha bc8440059a22)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.