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Mr.2 vs ngrok: What are the differences?

What is Mr.2? Expose a local server to an external network. Helps you expose a local server to an external network. Supports both TCP/UDP, of course, support HTTP.

What is ngrok? Securely expose a local web server to the internet and capture all traffic for detailed inspection and replay. ngrok is a reverse proxy that creates a secure tunnel between from a public endpoint to a locally running web service. ngrok captures and analyzes all traffic over the tunnel for later inspection and replay.

Mr.2 and ngrok can be primarily classified as "localhost" tools.

Some of the features offered by Mr.2 are:

  • Cross-platform
  • Supports both TCP/UDP
  • HTTP Support

On the other hand, ngrok provides the following key features:

  • Expose any http service behind a NAT or firewall to the internet on a subdomain of ngrok.com
  • Expose any tcp service behind a NAT or firewall to the internet on a random port of ngrok.com
  • Inspect all http requests/responses that are transmitted over the tunnel

Mr.2 and ngrok are both open source tools. It seems that ngrok with 16.5K GitHub stars and 2.87K forks on GitHub has more adoption than Mr.2 with 748 GitHub stars and 30 GitHub forks.

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Pros of Mr.2
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      Easy to use
    • 11
      Super-fast
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      Free
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      Awesome traffic analysis page
    • 5
      Reliable custom domains
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      Mobile development
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      Shares service-wide metrics
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      Supports UTP And HTTPS

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    Cons of Mr.2
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      • 5
        Doesn't Support UDP
      • 1
        El tunel SSH cambia de dominio constantemente

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      What is Mr.2?

      Helps you expose a local server to an external network. Supports both TCP/UDP, of course, support HTTP.

      What is ngrok?

      ngrok is a reverse proxy that creates a secure tunnel between from a public endpoint to a locally running web service. ngrok captures and analyzes all traffic over the tunnel for later inspection and replay.

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