--- title: Personal ngrok alternative. Expose local ports to the... description: pgrok is a self-hosted alternative to ngrok that exposes local development ports to the internet through SSH tunnels and Caddy. It provides automatic HTTPS... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/personal-ngrok-alternative-expose-local-ports-to-the-internet-with-automatic-https-an-interactive--1qt4kpzxk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Personal ngrok alternative. Expose local ports to the internet with automatic HTTPS, an interactive TUI dashboard, and HTTP request inspection -- all through your own VPS. | daily.dev og:description: pgrok is a self-hosted alternative to ngrok that exposes local development ports to the internet through SSH tunnels and Caddy. 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Expose local ports to the internet with automatic HTTPS, an interactive TUI dashboard, and HTTP request inspection -- all through your own VPS. **[selfhosted](https://daily.dev/sources/selfhosted)** · [@francocdev](https://daily.dev/francocdev) · 5 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary pgrok is a self-hosted alternative to ngrok that exposes local development ports to the internet through SSH tunnels and Caddy. It provides automatic HTTPS with on-demand TLS certificates, an interactive TUI dashboard with HTTP request inspection, and runs on your own VPS. Setup requires a VPS with Docker, a domain name, and SSH keys. The tool uses SSH reverse tunnels for traffic, Caddy for HTTPS handling with Let's Encrypt/ZeroSSL fallback, and includes real-time connection stats, request logging, and color-coded HTTP logs in the dashboard. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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