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Looks pretty similar to ngrok, aside from the fact that ngrok has an unrestricted free tier. (Looks like ngrok.com is down at the moment: http://web.archive.or

by jrajav 12y ago

Looks pretty similar to ngrok, aside from the fact that ngrok has an unrestricted free tier. (Looks like ngrok.com is down at the moment: http://web.archive.org/web/20140504031732/https://ngrok.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20140504031732/https://ngrok.com/ )

wprater 12y ago
ngrok is amazing and open.
- infocollector 12y ago
  do these support sni/https correctly? Last time I checked localtunnel/ngrok, it did not. Pagekite does.
- Flavius 12y ago
  When it's not down, like now or most of the time. :(
  - nickpresta 12y ago
    I used ngrok pretty heavily a couple months ago for a period of weeks and it never never down when I was using it. This is the first time I've ever seen ngrok (service or site) down.
bshimmin 12y ago
My first thought too. Ngrok's traffic inspection stuff is pretty cool, and it doesn't look like Finch has that. Vagrant Share is also a similar idea, though obviously tied to Vagrant.
- lachgr 12y ago
  Ngrok looks cool, too. The traffic inspection tool sounds really great. It's a pity it's website is down now. If this often happens it's pricing may be good, but maybe are other services better alternatives if you can't always you Ngrok.
  - kordless 12y ago
    I know Alan and have been using Ngrok for months now. This is the first time I've noticed a seriously long outage. The site seems to be back up now, FWIW.
lachgr 12y ago
It looks also very similar to Localtunnel (https://localtunnel.me https://localtunnel.me), except that Localtunnel is free and open source, so that you can run it on your own server. But Finch seems to be a little more user-friendly (easy forwarding of url's, for example).
- hk__2 12y ago
  ngrok is open-source too: https://github.com/inconshreveable/ngrok https://github.com/inconshreveable/ngrok
- johns 12y ago
  And that localtunnel.me is a Node.js "port" of the original localtunnel (which has been superceded by ngrok): https://github.com/progrium/localtunnel https://github.com/progrium/localtunnel
EC1 12y ago
Or Anvil, which runs flawlessly and super simply. http://anvilformac.com/ http://anvilformac.com/ Also completely free.
- jameshk 12y ago
  Also sort of like xip.io
  - tedchs 12y ago
    xip.io doesn't tunnel anything, it just creates convenient DNS records.
- btown 12y ago
  Anvil is a great tool for making sites accessible on the local machine and local network, but it does nothing to make your sites accessible from the Internet, especially if you're behind a NAT or a dynamic IP. Finch and the other mentioned services here do, so it's a bit like comparing apples to oranges. EDIT: typo
larrybolt 12y ago
You can pay for ngrok though (I don't believe there was a price forced, rather donate any amount (pay-what-you-want service as he states it). And the sites not being online currently might probably have to do with inconshreveable (the author) updating it, as he stated in a tweet recently. Also, I'm not sure but did ngrok provide the endpoint over ssl?
- Nullabillity 12y ago
  Yep, ngrok provides SSL endpoints for everyone automatically.
fold_left 12y ago
I might just be unlucky, but the few times in the past where I've tried to use either ngrok or localtunnel - they've been down.

by jrajav 12y ago

wprater 12y ago

ngrok is amazing and open.

infocollector 12y ago
do these support sni/https correctly? Last time I checked localtunnel/ngrok, it did not. Pagekite does.
Flavius 12y ago
When it's not down, like now or most of the time. :(
- nickpresta 12y ago
  I used ngrok pretty heavily a couple months ago for a period of weeks and it never never down when I was using it. This is the first time I've ever seen ngrok (service or site) down.

bshimmin 12y ago

My first thought too. Ngrok's traffic inspection stuff is pretty cool, and it doesn't look like Finch has that. Vagrant Share is also a similar idea, though obviously tied to Vagrant.

lachgr 12y ago
Ngrok looks cool, too. The traffic inspection tool sounds really great. It's a pity it's website is down now. If this often happens it's pricing may be good, but maybe are other services better alternatives if you can't always you Ngrok.
- kordless 12y ago
  I know Alan and have been using Ngrok for months now. This is the first time I've noticed a seriously long outage. The site seems to be back up now, FWIW.

lachgr 12y ago

It looks also very similar to Localtunnel (https://localtunnel.me https://localtunnel.me), except that Localtunnel is free and open source, so that you can run it on your own server. But Finch seems to be a little more user-friendly (easy forwarding of url's, for example).

hk__2 12y ago
ngrok is open-source too: https://github.com/inconshreveable/ngrok https://github.com/inconshreveable/ngrok
johns 12y ago
And that localtunnel.me is a Node.js "port" of the original localtunnel (which has been superceded by ngrok): https://github.com/progrium/localtunnel https://github.com/progrium/localtunnel

EC1 12y ago

Or Anvil, which runs flawlessly and super simply. http://anvilformac.com/ http://anvilformac.com/ Also completely free.

jameshk 12y ago
Also sort of like xip.io
- tedchs 12y ago
  xip.io doesn't tunnel anything, it just creates convenient DNS records.
btown 12y ago
Anvil is a great tool for making sites accessible on the local machine and local network, but it does nothing to make your sites accessible from the Internet, especially if you're behind a NAT or a dynamic IP. Finch and the other mentioned services here do, so it's a bit like comparing apples to oranges. EDIT: typo

larrybolt 12y ago

You can pay for ngrok though (I don't believe there was a price forced, rather donate any amount (pay-what-you-want service as he states it). And the sites not being online currently might probably have to do with inconshreveable (the author) updating it, as he stated in a tweet recently. Also, I'm not sure but did ngrok provide the endpoint over ssl?

Nullabillity 12y ago
Yep, ngrok provides SSL endpoints for everyone automatically.

fold_left 12y ago

I might just be unlucky, but the few times in the past where I've tried to use either ngrok or localtunnel - they've been down.