zrokShare a local web service through a public or private tunnel.
Free and open source (Apache-2.0 licence per GitHub).
Developer tools
Cloudflare Tunnel
Free optionOpen sourceLocal
Expose a local web service through a tunnel without opening inbound ports.
What you can use it for
Expose a local web service through a tunnel without opening inbound ports.
- Covers the core everyday task of ngrok: exposing a local server to the internet.
- 16.1k GitHub stars; last commit 2026-10-13.
Workflow coverage and comparison notes
Zero-trust inbound tunneling from Cloudflare without exposing public ports.
Before you switch
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