Tunnl.gg
Ranked 3 of 7 tunneling services by recommenders
Recommended as a free, client-free way to expose a local service with no signup. Critics say it is unsuitable for production and risky for traffic privacy.
Recommended as a free, client-free way to expose a local service with no signup. Critics say it is unsuitable for production and risky for traffic privacy.
16 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 12
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 75%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 12 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
No separate client needed
“it's different from ngrok and the others in that you don't need a separate client”
Comment from 4 Dec 2025 in “Tunnl.gg” “its free to use and does not require any clients”
Comment from 4 Dec 2025 in “Tunnl.gg” Free with no signup
“its free to use and does not require any clients”
Comment from 4 Dec 2025 in “Tunnl.gg” “Zero signup – just works immediately - Free”
Comment from 4 Dec 2025 in “Tunnl.gg” Simple, appealing concept
“I like this idea, maybe I'll use it in my next project”
Comment from 17 Dec 2025 in “Tunnl.gg” “Love the approach, simplicity and concept.”
Comment from 4 Dec 2025 in “Tunnl.gg”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Privacy and data exposure concerns
“you're giving them an easy data exfil route without the hassle and risk of them having to set up their own infrastructure”
Comment from 4 Dec 2025 in “Tunnl.gg” “massive privacy/security risks involved in exposing your data to an opaque service”
Comment from 4 Dec 2025 in “Tunnl.gg” “the subscription email is coming from a Gmail address, so I have no trust”
Comment from 4 Dec 2025 in “Tunnl.gg” - Comment from 4 Dec 2025 in “Tunnl.gg”
- Comment from 4 Dec 2025 in “Tunnl.gg”
Other tunneling services people recommend
The four most recommended other tunneling services, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare Quick Tunnels | 29 | 26 | 53% | 1 | — | — |
| ngrok | 19 | 14 | 58% | 11 | — | — |
| Tunnl.ggThis page | 12 | 4 | 75% | 2 | — | — |
| BitBang | 10 | 1 | 91% | 3 | — | — |
| Pinggy | 6 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
14 of the 18 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I like this idea, maybe I'll use it in my next project”
“the subscription email is coming from a Gmail address, so I have no trust”
“this isn't doing E2EE, it's terminating TLS upstream.”
“massive privacy/security risks involved in exposing your data to an opaque service”
“I appreciate your work and contributing to the problem space of exposing a local service.”
“it's different from ngrok and the others in that you don't need a separate client”
“Seemingly lacking IPv6 support?”
“I would in any case not suggest to host any production applications using this service.”
“Good luck with your future mim data sniffing or selective takeovers”
“you're giving them an easy data exfil route without the hassle and risk of them having to set up their own infrastructure”
“This is a great idea but I'm a bit concerned about your bandwidth costs”
“Love the approach, simplicity and concept.”
“its free to use and does not require any clients”
“Zero signup – just works immediately - Free”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.