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

Save time and be more productive. Show off in-progress work for feedback and build webhook integrations with
ease. Use ngrok's unique request inspection and replay to iterate quickly.

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 Demo without deploying
Dont constantly redeploy your in-progress work to
get feedback from clients. ngrok creates a secure
public URL (https://yourapp.ngrok.io) to a local
webserver on your machine. Iterate quickly with
immediate feedback without interrupting flow.
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Simplify mobile device testing
Test mobile apps against a development backend
running on your machine. Point ngrok at your local dev
server and then configure your app to use the ngrok
URL. It won't change, even when you change networks.
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 Build webhook integrations with ease Run personal cloud services from your
Building webhook integrations can be a pain: it
own private network
requires a public address and a lot of set up to trigger Own your data. Host personal cloud services on your
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 hooks. Save yourself time and frustration with ngrok. own private network. Run webmail, file syncing, and
Inspect the HTTP traffic flowing over your tunnel. more securely on your hardware with full end-to-end
Then, replay webhook requests with one click to encryption.
iterate quickly while staying in context.

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 Need to run ngrok in production? Use ngrok link to manage your IoT
devices or as a lightweight alternative to VPN for targeted access into
customer networks.

What's new in 2.0

ngrok 2.0 is a ground-up redesign focused on scale, speed, and reliability that makes it a solid piece that can be
used from development through production. ngrok 2.0 introduces the most highly requested features including
wildcard domains, reserved TCP addresses, vhost-targeting, end-to-end TLS tunnels, team accounts and more.

What's new in ngrok 2.0

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 ngrok features

Secure Tunnels Request Inspection

Instantly create a public HTTPS URL for a web site Use ngrok's web inspection interface to understand
running locally on your development machine. the HTTP request and response traffic over your
tunnel.

ngrok http 80 http://localhost:4040

Fast No more port forwarding

ngrok tunnels run using an optimized version of the Don't configure port forwarding on your router or
technology that powers HTTP/2 so that your tunneled waste time setting up dynamic DNS solutions. ngrok
services load fast. works everywhere with no changes, even when a
device changes networks.

Password Protected TCP Tunnels

Set http auth credentials to protect access to your Expose any networked service to the internet, even
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 tunnel and those you share it with. ones that don't use HTTP like SSH.

ngrok http -auth "user:password" 80 ngrok tcp 22

Websocket Support Multiple Simultaneous Tunnels

Share your real-time web apps! ngrok tunnels Run multiple tunnels simultaneously with a single
websocket connections over HTTP tunnels without ngrok client.
any changes.

ngrok http 8000 ngrok start demo-site ssh admin-ui

Replay Webhook Requests Target virtual-host sites

Easily develop webhook integrations by simply Rewrite the Host header of tunneled requests to
'replaying' webhook requests to your dev server. target a specific site in your WAMP/MAMP/Pow
development environment.

ngrok http -host-header=mysite.dev 80

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 Automate ngrok via API Shared account access for teams
Dynamically start, stop and query tunnel status all Accounts can share access to reserved domains and
with a simple RESTful API. addresses allowing multiple developers to collaborate
on a project while still having their own credentials.

curl http://127.0.0.1:4040/api/

ngrok paid plans

Some features of the ngrok service are only available to customers using one of the ngrok.com paid plans.
Features only available on paid plans are enumerated below.

Custom Subdomains Reserved domains

Your app will appear on https://myapp.ngrok.io Reserve your ngrok.io subdomains so that they are
instead of on a randomly chosen subdomain. never provisioned to another user and are always
available for your use.

ngrok http -subdomain myapp 80

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 Tunnels on your own domains
Run tunnels over your own domain names! This
requires a simple change to your DNS.
ngrok http -hostname tun.yourdomain.com 80
Reserved TCP Addresses
Reserve a unchanging IP and port exclusive for your
use. Perfect for personal cloud services or anything
you expose via ngrok TCP tunnels.
ngrok tcp --remote-addr 1.tcp.ngrok.io:21011 22
Wildcard domains
Tunnel HTTP requests for all of your subdomains to a
local service with just a single command.
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End-to-End TLS Tunnels
Tunnel HTTPS (or other TLS) traffic to your local
services end-to-end encrypted with your own SSL
certificate and private key. You can even run them
over your own domains!
ngrok tls -hostname yourdomain.com 443
TLS Client Termination
Use ngrok's TLS tunnels with end-to-end encryption
even if your local service doesn't support TLS
termination by offloading it to the ngrok client!
ngrok tls -crt tls.crt -key tls.key 443
IP Whitelisting
Whitelist access to your tunnel endpoints by IP
address or IP range for additional security of your
tunneled services.
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 ngrok http -hostname *.yourname.com 8080

Developer time is expensive

Making it more productive is a no-brainer

Basic Pro Business

$5 / mo $8.25 / mo $12 / mo
per user, billed annually per user, billed annually per user, billed annually

(not available monthly) ($10 billed monthly) ($15 billed monthly)

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 Everything in Basic, plus . . . Everything in Pro, plus . . .

Custom subdomains Whitelabel domains IP whitelist tunnel access

Reserved domains Reserved TCP addresses Reserved wildcard domains

Google Apps SSO End- to- End TLS Tunnels Priority Support

Per user limits Per user limits Per user limits

3 reserved domains 5 reserved domains 5 reserved domains

n/a 2 reserved TCP addresses 2 reserved TCP addresses

n/a n/a 1 wildcard domain

1 online ngrok process 2 online ngrok processes 2 online ngrok processes

8 tunnels per ngrok process 12 tunnels per ngrok process 20 tunnels per ngrok process

60 connections / minute 60 connections / minute 120 connections / minute

Free Plan

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 For quick demos and other simple tunneling needs. HTTP/TCP tunnels on random URLs/ports
1 online ngrok process
4 tunnels per ngrok process
40 connections / minute

Pricing and Limits FAQ

What is an 'online ngrok process'? How do the per-user limits work?

An 'online ngrok process' is a single running instance of Limits to your ngrok account will be multiplied by the
the ngrok process connected to the ngrok.com number of users. Examples:
service. Documentation and error messages
Basic plan with 1 user
sometimes refer to this as an 'ngrok client session'.
You can run multiple tunnels over a single ngrok 3 reserved domains
process. 60 connections / minute

Basic plan with 3 users

9 reserved domains
180 connections / minute

Can you explain the connections / minute Can you explain the tunnels per process
limit? limit?
ngrok limits the number of inbound connections to ngrok can run multiple tunnels over a single ngrok
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 your tunnel endpoints. Limits are imposed on client session. The tunnels per process limit expresses
connections, not requests. If your HTTP clients use how many tunnels you may run simultaneously over a
persistent connections aka HTTP keep-alive (most single ngrok process.
modern ones do), you'll likely never hit this limit.
ngrok will return a 429 response to HTTP connections
that exceed the rate limit. Connections to TCP and
TLS tunnels violating the rate limit will be closed
without a response.

None of your plans work for me! I need Are there discounted paid plans for
additional reserved domains, addresses, students?
or transfer. Yes, email sales@ngrok.com to enquire about student
Not to worry! Email sales@ngrok.com and we'll work pricing.
out a custom plan.

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