Good choice for localhost dev with ngrok – tunnel local ports to public URLs and inspect traffic

To use in node development use NPM docs

ngrok exposes local networked services behinds NATs and firewalls to the
public internet over a secure tunnel. Share local websites, build/test
webhook consumers and self-host personal services.
Detailed help for each command is available with ‘ngrok help <command>’.
Open http://localhost:4040 for ngrok’s web interface to inspect traffic.

EXAMPLES:

ngrok http 80 # secure public URL for port 80 web server
ngrok http -subdomain=baz 8080 # port 8080 available at baz.ngrok.io
ngrok http foo.dev:80 # tunnel to host:port instead of localhost
ngrok http https://localhost # expose a local https server
ngrok tcp 22 # tunnel arbitrary TCP traffic to port 22
ngrok tls -hostname=foo.com 443 # TLS traffic for foo.com to port 443
ngrok start foo bar baz # start tunnels from the configuration file


COMMANDS:

authtoken save authtoken to configuration file
credits   prints author and licensing information
http      start an HTTP tunnel
start     start tunnels by name from the configuration file
tcp       start a TCP tunnel
tls       start a TLS tunnel
update    update ngrok to the latest version
version   print the version string
help      Shows a list of commands or help for one command


Small usefull bits for development in wordpress

~/.ngrok/ngrok http -host-header=asixssquarewp.local 80


For showcasing WP , can be used together with a plugin

Using ngrok with Homestead

To be able to run the application from within Homestead env , need to setup Port to 8000

~/.ngrok/ngrok http -host-header=asixssquarewp.local 8000


Alternatives:

1. Localtunnel
2. Serveo
3. Teleconsole
4. Pagekite