inlets Alternatives

inlets is described as 'Cloud Native Tunnel. You can use inlets to connect HTTP and TCP services between networks securely. Through an encrypted websocket, inlets can penetrate firewalls, NAT, captive portals, and other restrictive networks lowering the barrier to entry' and is an app in the security & privacy category. There are more than 10 alternatives to inlets for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Android and Self-Hosted apps. The best inlets alternative is Fossorial Pangolin, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like inlets are tunnl.gg, ngrok, wireport and localhost.run.

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  1. Fossorial Pangolin icon

    Fossorial Pangolin

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    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 inlets.

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

    • Fossorial Pangolin is Free and Open Sourceinlets is also Free and Open Source
    • Fossorial Pangolin is Privacy focusedinlets 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)
    tunnl.gg screenshot 1
     

    • tunnl.gg is the most popular SaaS alternative to inlets.

    • tunnl.gg is Free Personal and Open Sourceinlets 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 inlets.

    • LocaltoNet is Free Personal and Proprietaryinlets is Free and Open Source
  9. 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 inlets.

    • LocalXpose is Freemium and Proprietaryinlets is Free and Open Source
  10. Octelium icon

    Octelium

     3 likes

    A next-gen FOSS self-hosted unified zero trust secure access platform that can operate as a remote access VPN, a ZTNA/BeyondCorp platform, API/AI gateway, a PaaS, and more.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Docker
     
  11. 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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  12. Pagekite icon

    Pagekite

     15 likes

    Bring your localhost servers on-line. PageKite is software that gives your localhost servers names and makes them globally visible. It works with any computer and any Internet connection. It's so easy you'll never want to think about routers, IP addresses or other technic.

    31 Pagekite alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
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  13. StaqLab Tunnel icon

    StaqLab Tunnel

     4 likes

    Staqlab Tunnel exposes port on your localhost over to the public internet.It gives you a public url for server running on your local PC. You can also choose your custom domain and share it with your colleagues & friends. #Debugging #Hosting #Webhooks

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    StaqLab Tunnel screenshot 1
     
  14. Remote.it icon

    Remote.it

     5 likes

    remote.it is a platform that brings the world of disconnected networks to your browser, desktop and mobile devices. Securely access devices connected to any network like they were on your own local network.

    160 Remote.it alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    Remote.it screenshot 1
     

    • Remote.it is the most popular iPad alternative to inlets.

    • Remote.it is Free and Proprietaryinlets is Free and Open Source
    • Remote.it is Lightweightinlets is not according to our users
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