--- title: Introducing the ngrok JavaScript SDK | daily.dev description: ngrok has released a native JavaScript/TypeScript SDK, ngrok-javascript, that packages the ngrok agent as a Node.js library. It lets developers add secure... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-the-ngrok-javascript-sdk-fmj48m1q8 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Introducing the ngrok JavaScript SDK | daily.dev og:description: ngrok has released a native JavaScript/TypeScript SDK, ngrok-javascript, that packages the ngrok agent as a Node.js library. It lets developers add secure... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-the-ngrok-javascript-sdk-fmj48m1q8 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/fMJ48m1q8.png og:image:alt: Introducing the ngrok JavaScript SDK og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Introducing the ngrok JavaScript SDK **[ngrok Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ngrok)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary ngrok has released a native JavaScript/TypeScript SDK, ngrok-javascript, that packages the ngrok agent as a Node.js library. It lets developers add secure ingress to their apps with a single line of code (ngrok.forward()), without managing IPs, NATs, certificates, load balancers, or ports. The SDK is open source on GitHub with documentation and a quickstart guide, works across any deployment environment (bare metal, Kubernetes, serverless, Raspberry Pi, laptop), and supports features like OAuth-based ingress declarations, built-in forwarding to any TCP/Unix socket framework, and logging integration via console or winston. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I expose a local Node.js server to the internet using ngrok without installing the ngrok agent separately? Use the ngrok-javascript SDK, which packages the ngrok agent as a native Node.js library instead of a separate binary. Install it via npm, yarn, or pnpm, then call ngrok.forward(port) or ngrok.listen(server) to create a secure outbound TLS tunnel to ngrok's ingress network in a single line of code, without configuring IPs, NATs, or certificates. _daily.dev surfaces SDK releases like this for developers wiring up ingress in Node.js apps._ ### Does ngrok's JavaScript SDK support authentication like OAuth out of the box? Yes, ngrok-javascript supports declarative authentication options directly in the forward call, such as ngrok.forward({oauth_provider: "google"}), letting developers add OAuth-based access control to their ingress without building it themselves. It also supports built-in logging via console or winston through ngrok.consoleLog("INFO"). _Developers evaluating ingress options for auth-protected apps can track SDK updates like this on daily.dev._ --- Tags: [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#devtools](https://daily.dev/tags/devtools), [#nodejs](https://daily.dev/tags/nodejs), [#typescript](https://daily.dev/tags/typescript), [#networking](https://daily.dev/tags/networking) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-the-ngrok-javascript-sdk-fmj48m1q8) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Introducing the ngrok JavaScript SDK","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-the-ngrok-javascript-sdk-fmj48m1q8","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-the-ngrok-javascript-sdk-fmj48m1q8"},"datePublished":"2026-08-23T07:21:40.340Z","dateModified":"2026-08-23T07:28:31.525Z","description":"ngrok has released a native JavaScript/TypeScript SDK, ngrok-javascript, that packages the ngrok agent as a Node.js library. 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