// use case

A truly free ngrok alternative — with a reserved subdomain

ngrok's free plan rotates your URL on every restart and caps bandwidth + requests. lrok's free plan keeps a reserved subdomain forever, doesn't meter bandwidth, and doesn't cap requests.
  1. Install

    $ curl -fsSL https://lrok.io/install.sh | sh
  2. Sign in

    $ lrok login   # opens browser, no copy-paste
  3. Reserve a name and tunnel

    $ lrok reserve myapp
    $ lrok http 3000 --hint myapp
      Forwarding https://myapp.lrok.io  ->  http://127.0.0.1:3000

// why lrok for this

Free plan: 1 active tunnel, 1 reserved subdomain (kept forever), unlimited bandwidth, unlimited requests, live request inspector. Pro is $9/mo flat for unlimited everything.

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