Alternatives to pgrok
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. pgrok itself: install pgrok.
chisel-tunnel
A fast TCP/UDP tunnel over HTTP
concurrentqueue
A fast multi-producer, multi-consumer lock-free concurrent queue for C++11
whisper.cpp
Port of OpenAI's Whisper model in C/C++
wrk
Modern HTTP benchmarking tool
docker-compose
Define and run multi-container applications with Docker
masscan
TCP port scanner, spews SYN packets asynchronously, scanning entire Internet in under 5 minutes
hey
HTTP load generator, ApacheBench (ab) replacement
skopeo
Work with remote images registries - retrieving information, images, signing content
oha
HTTP load generator · inspired by rakyll/hey with tui animation
lua
A copy of the Lua development repository, as seen by the Lua team. Mirrored irregularly. All communication should be through the Lua mailing list http
FineTune
FineTune, a macOS menu bar app for per-app volume control, multi-device output, audio routing, and 10-band EQ. Free and open-source alternative to Sou
autocannon
fast HTTP/1.1 benchmarking tool written in Node.js
miniserve
🌟 For when you really just want to serve some files over HTTP right now!
sccache
Sccache is a ccache-like tool. It is used as a compiler wrapper and avoids compilation when possible. Sccache has the capability to utilize caching in
wstunnel
Tunnel all your traffic over Websocket or HTTP2 - Bypass firewalls/DPI - Static binary available
xxh
🚀 Bring your favorite shell wherever you go through the ssh. Xonsh shell, fish, zsh, osquery and so on
libvmaf
Perceptual video quality assessment based on multi-method fusion
stern
⎈ Multi pod and container log tailing for Kubernetes -- Friendly fork of https://github.com/wercker/stern
Boostnote.Next
Boost Note is a document driven project management tool that maximizes remote DevOps team velocity
ali
Generate HTTP load and plot the results in real-time
chainsaw
Rapidly Search and Hunt through Windows Forensic Artefacts
GZDoom
GZDoom is a feature centric port for all Doom engine games, based on ZDoom, adding an OpenGL renderer and powerful scripting capabilities
Xpra
Persistent remote applications for X11; screen sharing for X11, MacOS and MSWindows
dnsx
dnsx is a fast and multi-purpose DNS toolkit allow to run multiple DNS queries of your choice with a list of user-supplied resolvers
How we picked these
We match on what the tool does and how it installs, then order by how widely each project is used. We're not saying these are better or worse than pgrok — that depends on what you're building. We're saying they're the projects people reach for in the same situations, and each one has an install command we checked against its documentation.
pgrok is developed by its own authors and this page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by any project listed, and nothing here is a paid placement.