Top 15 Best Port Forwarding Services.

Sagar Shewale
7 min readJun 11, 2023

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Today in this blog we are going to discuss about top port forwerding methods, which are mostly used in cybersecurity to access the our ports outside the local area network. with proper stable connection.

In this topic we are going to see top 15 best ever port forwording services, that we can use free OR paid as well.

What Is Port Forwarding ?
Port forwarding is a process where you can access your services which are running on your own ports, forword outsie your local network and let access it to world.

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1) Ngrok :

Ngrok is the most populer, fast and easy to use platform to share your services outside the local network with one command.

Hackers first choice for port forwording and tunneling is Ngrok.

Ngrok is a simplified API-first ingress-as-a-service that adds connectivity,
security, and observability to your apps in one line

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2) Cloudflared :

Cloudflared connects your machine or user identity to Cloudflare’s global network. You can use it to authenticate a session to reach an API behind access, route web traffic to this machine, and configure access control.

Cloudflare Zero Trust replaces legacy security perimeters with our global edge, making the Internet faster and safer for teams around the world.

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3) Localhost.run :

localhost.run is the easiest way to put locally running apps on the internet using ssh.

Tunnels cater to more than just web application development, they can also pass thru encrypted TLS connections and connect non-HTTP protocols.

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4) Localtunnel :

Localtunnel exposes your localhost to the world for easy testing and sharing. No need to mess with DNS or deploy just to have others test out your changes.

Great for working with browser testing tools like browserling or external api callback services like twilio which require a public url for callbacks.

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Complete Installation of npm
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5) Localxpose :

Localxpose is a port forwording services which is basically, reverse proxy that enables you to expose your localhost to the internet.

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6) LocaltoNet :

Localtonet works by providing users with a secure tunnel service that enables them to access their local or private network services from the internet. This is achieved through the use of a reverse proxy, which acts as an intermediary between the user’s device and their local server.

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7) Pagekite :

Fast, reliable, secure: make your localhost part of the Web.

Since 2010, PageKite has led the way in making local servers public. With relays on four continents, it works with any computer, any web server and any Internet connection.

It’s also 100% Open Source.

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8) Telebit :

Break out of localhost. Access your devices from behind firewalls. Securely access your services from anywhere. An easy-to-use secure tunnel for all sorts of wonderful things (kind of like a poor man’s VPN).

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9) Portmap.io :

Portmap.io is a free as well as paid services for port fowrording.

You create VPN tunnel from your PC to our server using free OpenVPN software and define port forwading rule to forward requests from Internet through our server to your local machine. It works even you do not have real IP address or your incoming traffic is blocked. You can forward HTTP traffic to your local web-server as well as any TCP or UDP traffic. If your web-server has virtual hosts configured, you can specify which one you are connecting to.

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10) Webhook :

Fast, secure tunnels to your internal networks. Webhook Relay allows you to expose your localhost or any other server in private network to the public internet without configuring port forwarding or firewalls.

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11) Packetriot :

Host applications on the Internet from any network or device. You can serve web and TCP applictions, connect to IoT devices, a Rasberry Pi, and so much more.

Packetriot makes it simple to expose services and data on local and private networks to the Internet. You can serve static websites, dynamic web applications, test single-sign-on work-flows or build webhooks.

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12) Beame-insta-ssl :

This is a free, open-source tool that allows you to expose securely a machine with HTTP or HTTPS server via a random hostname without needing to have a public IP address.

When using Beame.io, the private key never leaves your computer/server. Beaqme cannot look into your traffic. While, theoretically, Beame.io could issue a wildcard *.beameio.net certificate and terminate your traffic (which we don't do), this is preventable by checking certificate fingerprints.

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13) UltraHook :

UltraHook makes it super easy to connect public webhook endpoints with development environments.

  • Persistent endpoints
  • End-To-End TLS
  • 100% FREE!

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14) Playit.gg :

Playit.gg is a port forwording platform not only for gamer but also useful for hackers.

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15) Serveo.net :

Serveo is an SSH server just for remote port forwarding. When a user connects to Serveo, they get a public URL that anybody can use to connect to their localhost server.

Try it! Copy and paste this into your terminal.

ssh -R 80:localhost:80 serveo.net

For more information, check the website

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✯ Bonus Tips For Port Forwarding !!! ✯

Keep update all your services account.

As I given above, some services are totally free and some are free with some limitation, so select services as per your comfort.

Read documentation and installation process on there website / github pages before access the services.

Chisel is a fast TCP/UDP tunnel, transported over HTTP, secured via SSH. Single executable including both client and server. Written in Go (golang). Chisel is mainly useful for passing through firewalls, though it can also be used to provide a secure endpoint into your network.

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Sagar Shewale

Penetration Testing | Linux | CTF | Hacking | OSINT | Bug Bounty Hunting