When developing web apps locally, you often need to share a quick preview, test webhooks, or let teammates try things out over the public internet. Spinning up a full staging environment takes too much time, so tunneling tools come in handy.
ngrok used to be the default choice, but today tech companies like Microsoft and Cloudflare offer their own free options too. Here are a few tools from my bookmarks that are worth checking out:
| Tool | Provider | Website |
|---|---|---|
| devtunnel | Microsoft | https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/developer/dev-tunnels/get-started |
| untun | Cloudflare | https://github.com/unjs/untun |
| ngrok | ngrok Inc | https://ngrok.com/ |
| localtunnel | localtunnel | https://github.com/localtunnel/localtunnel |