bore Alternatives

bore is described as 'A modern, simple TCP tunnel in Rust that exposes local ports to a remote server, bypassing standard NAT connection firewalls. That's all it does: no more, and no less' and is an app in the network & admin category. There are more than 25 alternatives to bore for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Self-Hosted and Web-based apps. The best bore alternative is Fossorial Pangolin, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like bore are tunnl.gg, ngrok, wireport and localhost.run.

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  1. Fossorial Pangolin icon

    Fossorial Pangolin

     8 likes

    Pangolin is an open-source, identity-based remote access platform built on WireGuard that enables secure, seamless connectivity to private and public resources.

    11 Fossorial Pangolin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Online
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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    • Fossorial Pangolin is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to bore.

    • Fossorial Pangolin is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to bore.

    • Fossorial Pangolin is Free and Open Sourcebore is also Free and Open Source
    • Fossorial Pangolin is Privacy focusedbore is not according to our users
  2. tunnl.gg icon

    tunnl.gg

     12 likes

    Securely expose local web servers online with instant public URLs, no installation, automatic HTTPS, SSH-based tunneling, random subdomains, and zero configuration, enabling fast, temporary access for development, testing, demos, and seamless integration.

    23 tunnl.gg alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • tunnl.gg is the most popular SaaS alternative to bore.

    • tunnl.gg is Free Personal and Open Sourcebore is Free and Open Source
  4. ngrok icon

    ngrok

     40 likes

    ngrok exposes local servers behind NATs and firewalls to the public internet over secure tunnels.

    69 ngrok alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
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  5. wireport icon

    wireport

     2 likes

    Self-hosted ingress proxy & VPN tunnel. Securely exposes private local & Docker-based services to the Internet, with free, automatically renewable SSL certificates and docker container hostname resolution.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    Hostname resolution (hostname = docker container name)
    Ingress proxy with free, automated SSL certificate provisioning and renewal
     
  7. LocaltoNet icon

    LocaltoNet

     8 likes

    LocaltoNet creates an outbound, encrypted Tunnel from your device to the LocaltoNet Servers. We give you a secure public URL that forwards traffic back down that tunnel to your local service.

    44 LocaltoNet alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Docker
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    • LocaltoNet is the most popular Android alternative to bore.

    • LocaltoNet is Free Personal and Proprietarybore is Free and Open Source
  9. zrok icon

    zrok

     3 likes

    Offers an open source sharing solution built on OpenZiti for secure app tunneling. Available as SaaS or self-hosting, it supports decentralized content sharing, is scalable for large and small deployments, allows private, secure communication, and operates on Raspberry Pi.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  10. LocalXpose icon

    LocalXpose

     11 likes

    Reverse proxy exposing local servers to the Internet with support for HTTP, HTTPS, TLS, TCP, UDP tunnels, unlimited connections, custom and wildcard domains, request rate limiting, IP whitelisting, changeable headers, authentication options, and built-in Let's Encrypt.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
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    • LocalXpose is the most popular iPhone alternative to bore.

    • LocalXpose is Freemium and Proprietarybore is Free and Open Source
  11. Rathole icon

    Rathole

     6 likes

    A lightweight, stable and high-performance reverse proxy for NAT traversal, written in Rust. An alternative to frp and ngrok. With lower resource consumption, it's possible to run on embedded devices like routers.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  12. Portmap.io icon

    Portmap.io

     8 likes

    Port forwarding service for exposing your local PC to Internet from behind firewall or without real IP address. Uses OpenVPN or SSH encrypted tunnel from localhost to Portmap.io.

    28 Portmap.io alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  13. sish icon

    sish

     8 likes

    An open source serveo/ngrok alternative. HTTP(S)/WS(S)/TCP Tunnels to localhost using only SSH. - antoniomika/sish

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  14. Packetriot icon

    Packetriot

     6 likes

    Host web and TCP applications on the Internet from any network or device. Access databases, custom web apps, ssh, media servers and more. Connect to IP video cameras, automation sensors, point of sale systems, a Raspberry Pi, or other devices without a VPN or managing firewalls.

    24 Packetriot alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
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