Pinggy.io
Secure, fast, and developer-friendly tunneling for localhost, apps, and dev environments
About Pinggy.io
Pinggy is a modern tunneling platform that simplifies sharing your localhost, applications, and development environments. Designed for developers, teams, and businesses, it offers instant public URLs, live debugging, and persistent domains with wildcard support. Trusted globally for its speed, reliability, and privacy-focused approach, Pinggy empowers seamless collaboration and testing.
FAQ
If the SSH command prompts you for a password, you can simply press Enter (a blank password). For long-running tunnels with auto-reconnect, generate an SSH key by running 'ssh-keygen' in your terminal and pressing Enter until the command finishes. After this, the SSH command will no longer ask for a password.
On Windows, sometimes the SSH tunnel cannot reach localhost due to a bug in the SSH client. Replace 'localhost' with '127.0.0.1' in your Pinggy command. For example: 'ssh -p 443 -R0:127.0.0.1:8000 -L4300:127.0.0.1:4300 qr@a.pinggy.io'.
Pinggy relies on SSH remote port forwarding. The option '-R 0:localhost:8000' in the command only implies that connections to the public URL given by Pinggy are forwarded to your localhost:8000. No other port than the one specified by you can be accessed by Pinggy or by anyone through the public URLs provided by Pinggy.
The URL 'a.pinggy.io' is routed to the Pinggy server nearest to your location. Currently, Pinggy has servers in the USA, Europe, UK, Singapore, Brazil, and Australia.
Yes, Pinggy's free plan has a tunnel timeout of 60 minutes. If the tunnel is closed by you or reaches the time limit, starting a new tunnel will generate a new URL. To obtain a permanent or persistent URL, or to use your own domain, you must subscribe to Pinggy Pro.
Yes, Pinggy works on all platforms. Current versions of Windows, Mac, and almost all Linux distributions come with the OpenSSH client pre-installed, so Pinggy will just work out of the box. For more information on using Pinggy on Android, read their blog post.
You can use TCP and TLS tunnels for free with Pinggy. Click on 'Advanced Settings' on the top of the homepage and select TCP.
If your tunnel breaks or stops working after a few minutes, read the guide on long-running tunnels provided by Pinggy.
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