Add Tunnelmole as an open source alternative to ngrok
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robbie-cahill commented
I've noticed you have ngrok as the suggested tunnelling solution in your README. However, it has a few issues
- Its closed source and proprietary. Because you can't review the source code, you can never be 100% sure what you are really installing
- You can't self host ngrok
So, i'd like to update your docs to add tunnelmole. It has the following advantages
- Its fully open source with a permissive MIT license
- Optionally, Tunnelmole can be self hosted with the Tunnelmole Service. Otherwise it will use the default service at tunnelmole.com.
Here's the difference in terms of set up and usage
Ngrok
First download and install from ngrok.com
ngrok http 3000
Tunnelmole
Various installation options including npm
, copy and paste shell one liner, building from source etc available in the README
tunnelmole 3000
There are a few options here
- Do nothing, keeping ngrok as the only tunnelling option
- Replace ngrok with Tunnelmole
- Add Tunnelmole as an additional option
Let me know your preference and if you'd like me to make a PR with the changes.