Reaching home apps from outside
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frp is a free tool that lets a computer behind a home or office network be reached from the internet, without opening ports on the router. It is aimed at people and IT staff who need to reach a private server or app from outside, and it requires running a small program on a public server.
Has 2 of 6 · No server needed ✗ +1
How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
Does the whole job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.

Pangolin is a program that lets you reach computers, websites and private services on your home or office network from outside, and control who can get in. It is aimed at system administrators and people who want to self-host their own secure access instead of using a closed cloud service.
Has 2 of 6
How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
Does the whole job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.

zrok is a tool that lets people share a web service, folder, or network resource from their own computer with others over the internet, without changing router or firewall settings. It is aimed at people who want a quick, secure way to make something they run at home reachable by others, and at developers who want to build that sharing into their own programs.
Has 2 of 6 · No commands needed ✗
How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
Does the whole job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.
bore is a small free tool that makes a program running on your own computer reachable from the internet, by forwarding its network port through a server. It is aimed at developers and people who want a simple, self-hosted alternative to services like ngrok.
Has 0 of 6 · No commands needed ✗ +1
How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
Does part of the job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.
rathole is a command-line program that makes services on a device behind a home internet connection reachable from the internet, by routing traffic through a server that has a public address. It is aimed at people who run their own servers and are comfortable editing configuration files.
Has 0 of 6 · No server needed ✗ +3
How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
Does part of the job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.
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