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Hands-on guides, protocol deep dives, and field notes on tunnels, SSH, reverse proxies, self-hosting, self-hosted LLMs, and AI - from the people building Pinggy.


Pinggy made Windows Remote Desktop really remote

Guide Windows RDP

I was packing for a trip and realised I had no way to reach my home desktop if something went sideways. I didn’t want to install TeamViewer or any other agent, just plain RDP over a tunnel. This post walks through …

How to Receive and Test Webhooks on Localhost

Webhook Testing Webhooks Localhost

Receive GitHub, Stripe, Slack and Shopify webhooks on localhost: open a Pinggy tunnel, verify the HMAC signature on the raw body, replay deliveries in the Web Debugger, and know when a provider CLI fits better.

Top 10 Ngrok alternatives in 2026

Ngrok Tunneling Comparison

The best ngrok alternatives in 2026, compared on price, free tier limits, UDP support and custom domains: Pinggy, Cloudflare Quick Tunnels, Tailscale Funnel, zrok, LocalXpose, Playit.gg and more, plus 5 open source picks.