# R44VC0RP/pgrok

Personal ngrok alternative. Expose local ports to the internet with automatic HTTPS via SSH tunnels + Caddy.

Repository: https://github.com/R44VC0RP/pgrok
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/r44vc0rp-pgrok
Language: TypeScript
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-02-11T15:18:02+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 45/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 67, release rhythm 35, longevity 14
- inputs: {"age_days": 209, "days_push": 203, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1094, forks 78 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:33.688868+00:00)

## What it is
pgrok is a self-hosted ngrok alternative that exposes local ports to the internet via SSH reverse tunnels with automatic HTTPS through Caddy on your own VPS. It includes an interactive TUI dashboard with live request inspection and connection stats.

## Use cases
- expose a local dev server to the internet with https
- self-hosted ngrok alternative on my own vps
- test webhooks against localhost
- share a local api with a public subdomain
- inspect http requests hitting my local app
- tunnel local ports through ssh with automatic tls

## When to choose
- you want tunneling under your own domain and VPS instead of a paid third-party service
- you need automatic HTTPS for arbitrary subdomains pointing at local ports
- you want request inspection while developing webhooks or APIs

## When to avoid
- you want a zero-setup managed service with no VPS or domain required
- you need Windows client support today
- you need team features, access control, or multi-user tunnel management

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: networking, proxy, http-server, terminal-ui, webhook
- domain: developer-tools, networking, web-development, self-hosted
- platform: cli, self-hosted
- tags: tunneling, ngrok-alternative, ssh-tunnels, caddy, reverse-proxy, https, local-development, tui, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- R44VC0RP/pgrok (main) score 45

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:33.688868+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 2026-08-30T06:47:27.720189+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/R44VC0RP/pgrok (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:33.688868+00:00, sha ad946f245f26)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.