Localtunnel exposes your localhost to the world for easy testing and sharing

Re:Localtunnel exposes your localhost to the world for easy ... by neeksHN on Thursday July 13, 2017 @05:21PM (#14765359)

I must have overlooked this when I unhappily settled for ngrok -- thank you for sharing a FOSS alternative.

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Re:Localtunnel exposes your localhost to the world for easy ... by juancampa on Thursday July 13, 2017 @06:00PM (#14765669)

I'm curious, what don't you like about ngrok? Is it just that it's a paid service? You do need a server somewhere to forward connections and that normally costs money to run

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Re:Localtunnel exposes your localhost to the world for easy ... by neeksHN on Friday July 14, 2017 @07:43PM (#14774105)

Ideological reasons. I'm no Richard Stallman, but try to exclusively use FOSS software. I have made concessions for requirements at work (G Suite, Slack, Ngrok for conference calls/webhooks, etc).

The source for the backend portion is also available, https://github.com/localtunnel/server. Going to set it up shortly on my own personal box, and if it works smoothly I'll be able to present it as a self-hosted alternative to my employer.

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Re:Localtunnel exposes your localhost to the world for easy ... by shubb on Thursday July 13, 2017 @09:36PM (#14766783)

Well indeed - I wonder how these folks are gonna pay for hosting once someone starts testing a video streaming site...

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Re:Localtunnel exposes your localhost to the world for easy ... by burntrelish1273 on Friday July 14, 2017 @12:03AM (#14767370)

It would be nice if there were flattr, Patreon, Venmo, BTC/LTC donation links all over it to pay for VPS/AWS charges. (Not PayPal, F them.)

It's good to ensure survival and utility of cool things such that Tragedy of the Commons doesn't spoil them.

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