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Exposes local apps through public tunnels and proxies APIs and AI model endpoints to wherever they run.

Free plan · From $10/moActively maintained

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developers testing local apps and webhooks, and teams routing production APIs and AI traffic.
Price
Free plan · From $10/mopricing page, read Oct 31, 2026
Activity
Actively maintainedrelease 3 days ago · site updated 5 days ago · 5 open roles
Company
since 2013per their site
How it runs
APICLI
Used for
  • share a local app over a public URL
  • test incoming webhooks against a laptop server
  • route API traffic through a managed gateway
read off ngrok.com on Oct 31, 2026
Worth knowingcomputed from what we read · each with its source
  • On the web since 2013, older than 95% of its shelfINITE Atlas
  • 4,836 stars on GitHubGitHub ↗
  • Hiring: 5 open rolescareers page
  • Slow to hire. Roles open two months or more: 3careers page
  • Has an MCP server (1 in the registry)public registry →
  • Publishes llms.txt, a file written for AI assistantsngrok.com ↗
Pricingpricing page, read Oct 31, 2026

Free plan · From $10/mo

pricing page

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The companyeach fact with its source · read Oct 30, 2026
Your datawhat they publish, each line with its page · read Oct 30, 2026

“Do you use my data to train AI models? Per our Terms of Service , inputs and outputs you send through ngrok s AI features are treated as your data—we don t use them to train or improve AI features, except solely for your benefit.”

security page ↗

These are ngrok's own statements, read from its pages. We did not audit them. A line that is missing was not found on the pages we read; it does not mean the practice is absent.

How a program reaches itfound, not claimed · read Oct 30, 2026

MCP server details →

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Each line is something a program found when it went looking: the registry entry, the server's own answer, a spec that parses. A missing line means we did not find it, not that it does not exist.

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  • What is ngrok?

    Exposes local apps through public tunnels and proxies APIs and AI model endpoints to wherever they run. It is listed in the Atlas under Developer tools.

  • Who is ngrok for?

    developers testing local apps and webhooks, and teams routing production APIs and AI traffic.

  • How much does ngrok cost?

    ngrok has a free plan; paid plans start at $10/mo, per its pricing page on 2026-10-31.

  • Is ngrok free?

    Yes, ngrok has a free plan, per its pricing page on 2026-10-31.

  • Is ngrok still maintained?

    Actively maintained: release 3 days ago · site updated 5 days ago · 5 open roles.

  • Does ngrok train AI on your data?

    Only with your consent or on some plans, per its security page (2026-10-30): “Do you use my data to train AI models? Per our Terms of Service , inputs and outputs you send through ngrok s AI features are treated as your data—we don t use them to train or improve AI features, except solely for your benefit.”

  • Is ngrok safe?

    We do not audit vendors. What ngrok publishes, read 2026-10-30: SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA stated on its trust center; on training with your data, “Do you use my data to train AI models? Per our Terms of Service , inputs and outputs you send through ngrok s AI features are treated as your data—we don t use them to train or improve AI features, except solely for your benefit.”.

  • Is ngrok HIPAA compliant?

    ngrok states HIPAA compliance and offers a business associate agreement (BAA) on its trust center (2026-10-30). We have not verified it.

  • What are alternatives to ngrok?

    In Developer tools, by use: Cloudflare, AI-Native Cloud, Twilio, Postman, Keploy.

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