Tunneling Made Simple: Exposing Local React and Node Apps with ngrok and LocalTunnel

✨ Introduction Ever wanted to test your local web app on your phone? Share a work-in-progress with a client? Or receive webhooks from services like Stripe or GitHub? This blog post is your complete guide to securely exposing local development servers to the internet — whether it's a React.js frontend or a Node.js REST API backend. We’ll explore two popular tools:

May 1, 2025 - 21:24
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Tunneling Made Simple: Exposing Local React and Node Apps with ngrok and LocalTunnel

✨ Introduction

Ever wanted to test your local web app on your phone? Share a work-in-progress with a client? Or receive webhooks from services like Stripe or GitHub?

This blog post is your complete guide to securely exposing local development servers to the internet — whether it's a React.js frontend or a Node.js REST API backend.

We’ll explore two popular tools: