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expose

Beautiful, fully open-source tunnel to localhost

Remote Access & VPN ★ 4.6k stars Medium setup MIT

expose is an open-source, PHP-based tunneling tool that shares local websites with anyone via a secure public URL. The server can be fully self-hosted on your own domain.

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Key features

  • Self-hosted tunnel server
  • Custom domains and subdomains
  • Request inspection
  • Built with Laravel

Strengths

  • Released under the MIT license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Active community (4.6k GitHub stars)
  • Written in PHP

Is expose secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for expose's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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SelfHostIndex: 89 · excellent

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