Show HN: Portr – Expose local HTTP, TCP or WS connections to the public internet

Category: devtools

Tags: tunneling, self-hosted, websocket, developer-tools, reverse-proxy

Score: 5.5/10 (Innovation: 4, Technical: 6, Documentation: 7, Utility: 5)

Portr is a self-hosted tunneling solution that exposes local HTTP, TCP, and WebSocket services to the public internet, similar to ngrok but open-source and team-oriented. It adds a built-in local inspector for request replay and WebSocket debugging, Docker Compose integration via labels, and a CLI-accessible SQLite log store, making it a practical alternative for small teams.

Target audience: backend devs, devops, small teams needing local service exposure

Repository: https://github.com/amalshaji/portr · Go · AGPL-3.0 · 3191 stars

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