progrium/localtunnel

Health v2 · maintenance only

Flags: no_releases

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

Localtunnel is a tool that exposes localhost servers to the public Internet via tunnels. The current v3 is a minimal Go implementation built on the Duplex project, while the repo also archives the historical v1 and v2 versions.

Use cases

• expose my localhost server to the internet
• share a local dev server with a teammate via a public URL
• test webhooks against a locally running app
• demo a local web app without deploying it
• self-host a tunnel service for localhost

When to choose

• you want a minimal, self-hostable localhost tunnel you can run yourself
• you want to study or fork a simple tunnel implementation in Go
• you need the historical v1/v2 localtunnel implementations

When to avoid

• you need a hosted tunnel service with a public server and stable URLs - use ngrok or similar
• you need production-grade features like auth, custom domains, or binary releases
• you expect active development or support

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

http-server proxy networking web-development developer-tools networking windows cross-platform cli localhost-tunnel tunneling go ngrok-alternative self-hosted linux macos

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