Command-line tool

ngrok

cask/ngrok

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Reverse proxy, secure introspectable tunnels to localhost ngrok

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Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id Ngrok.Ngrok -e
scoop install ngrok

macOS

brew install --cask ngrok

Expose a local HTTP service on a given port

ngrok http 80

Expose a local HTTP service on a specific host

ngrok http example.com:80

Expose a local HTTPS server

ngrok http https://localhost

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