rathole

The premium Open Source alternative to Ngrok

🎯 Best for:Developers needing to expose local ports through firewalls with minimal overhead.
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What is rathole?

A high-performance reverse proxy designed for NAT traversal and exposing local services to the public internet. It focuses on extreme memory efficiency and high throughput using a secure client-server architecture.

Tech Stack
RustInfrastructure & Cloud

Why rathole?

  • Extremely low binary size
  • Multi-core support via Rust
  • Secure authentication mechanisms

Limitations

  • Requires public VPS for server
  • Configuration via TOML files
  • No built-in web dashboard
3/6/2026
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on Ngrok)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
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