# Pinggy

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Pinggy and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a simple way to expose localhost with one command, using plain SSH and no software to install, and as an alternative to ngrok.

## Why people recommend it

- Simple one-command setup (2 comments): "Pinggy tunnels are very simple to use. One command:" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49758203)) "to make it the easiest tunneling tool" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45873362))
- Plain SSH, nothing to install (2 comments): "you can just use the standard ssh command to port forward a port for some time and so you can debug it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46602808)) "You don't need to install anything, since it uses a plain SSH tunnel." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49757043))
- Better alternative to ngrok (2 comments): "As someone who is using Pinggy after we had to move away from ngrok. Thank you. I love the product." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50315790)) "I think pinggy remains a better alternative of ngrok." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46144050))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Cloudflare Quick Tunnels](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cloudflare-quick-tunnels.md): 29 recommend
- [ngrok](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ngrok.md): 19 recommend
- [Tunnl.gg](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tunnl-gg.md): 12 recommend
- [BitBang](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bitbang.md): 10 recommend
- [sish](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sish.md): 6 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://pinggy.io/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Pinggy", https://hackerapproved.com/p/pinggy/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).