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Show HN: Portr – open-source ngrok alternative designed for teams
- DyslexicAtheist 2y ago[flagged]
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- ziolko 2y agoLast year I've configured a simple ssh + Caddy based ngrok alternative and it works beautifully every since. I've shared instructions on https://github.com/ziolko/tunnel https://github.com/ziolko/tunnel for anyone interested.
- quesera 2y agoThis adds some features on top of ssh tunneling. The tunnel you can set up in 5 seconds does not serve all of the functionality that this project does. So I wouldn't dismiss it out of hand.
- paxys 2y agoI don't think you understand what these services do
- charles_f 2y agoI made my own as well (I think we're not far off parity between number of ngrok alternatives and developers), the main interest over ssh is traffic inspection. And not having an ssh port open to the world.
- apitman 2y agoDo you have a link to your implementation?
- apitman 2y agoI maintain the list mentioned above. Generally the main features on top of SSH you get from something like this is the reverse proxy in addition to the tunnels. So think SSH tunnel plus TLS certs, maybe auth, etc.
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- bluelightning2k 2y agoThis is really, really well done. Thank you! All the open source ngrok alternatives I've seen miss the importance of inspect and replay - looks like you've done that nicely.
- pixxxel 2y agoThank you so much
- bluelightning2k 2y agoWhat was your incentive for building this?
- pixxxel 2y agoNothing really, just wanted to see if I could build it.
- joshmanders 2y agoWhy does everything have to have an incentive outside of "because I wanted to"?
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- hacker_newz 2y agoBecause open-sourcing and publicizing a tool with no valid use-case comes off silly.
- joshmanders 2y agoYou sound like someone who would throw their child's painting away instead of putting it on the fridge because it was just a piece of paper with a few brushes of paint slapped onto it.
- padolsey 2y agoWHAT LOL. You're on hacker news and you're complaining that people are hacking?! Literally the entire tenet is playing around and experimenting for our own edification and fun. On August 25, 1991, Linus Torvalds posted a message on the comp.os.minix newsgroup... something to the effect of "just a hobby, won’t be big and professional". I MEAN COME ON MR HACKER_NEWZ. The irony is deafening.
- bluelightning2k 2y agoWhy does every question have to have a purpose deeper than "because I was curious"?
- kincl 2y agoRelevant awesome list on tunneling: https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling
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- wutwutwat 2y agoFull circle. Jeff originally wrote the open source program localtunnel[0], which ngrox was originally built on top of (though I doubt it is still based on that but maybe), now an open source solution to replace the commercial thing, that's based on the open source thing :) The beauty and freedom of open source shines through [0] https://github.com/progrium/localtunnel https://github.com/progrium/localtunnel
- apitman 2y agoThanks for the history. I maintain this list[0], and wasn't aware of OG localtunnel, likely because there's a somewhat newer and now more popular project with the same name[1]. You appear to be correct on timing. Here's the earliest commits on GitHub for each of the projects: OG localtunnel (23 Jan 2010): https://github.com/progrium/localtunnel/tree/fb82920d9d3e538d336876750ab414ed0c156832 https://github.com/progrium/localtunnel/tree/fb82920d9d3e538... Other localtunnel (17 Jun 2012): https://github.com/localtunnel/localtunnel/tree/93d62b9dbb9f220cfaf03f29d3142f0e32f5f09e https://github.com/localtunnel/localtunnel/tree/93d62b9dbb9f... ngrok (20 Mar 2013): https://github.com/inconshreveable/ngrok/tree/8f4795ecac7f92c6b5a8c8970c65f26e5315fe4e/proto https://github.com/inconshreveable/ngrok/tree/8f4795ecac7f92... I'll see that OG localtunnel gets added to the list for posterity. [0]: https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling [1]: https://github.com/localtunnel/localtunnel https://github.com/localtunnel/localtunnel
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- nurple 2y agoI'd just like to take a moment to thank you for releasing it as AGPL.
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