Portr
Portr is an open-source, self-hosted alternative to ngrok that enables development teams to securely expose local HTTP, TCP, and WebSocket servers to the public internet for testing webhooks and sharing development previews.

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About
About Portr
Built with Go, Python, TypeScript, and Svelte, it provides an admin dashboard for team management, a request inspector for analyzing and replaying HTTP requests, and secure SSH-based remote port forwarding. Designed for small teams, Portr offers a cost-effective tunneling solution with full infrastructure control and data sovereignty. The request inspector lets developers examine incoming requests, replay them for debugging, and understand webhook payloads, making it valuable for testing payment gateways and third-party integrations.
Supporting HTTP, TCP, and WebSocket connections, Portr handles diverse scenarios from web applications to database connections and real-time communication. Perfect for teams working on microservices, webhook integrations, or mobile backends, it provides commercial-grade tunneling with open-source transparency and control.
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Free, open source, and ready to ship.
Clone the repo, install dependencies, and start customising. Portr is free and open source: its license is in the repository.
- Clone the Portr repository from GitHub.
- Run
npm installorpnpm installto install all required packages. - Run
npm run devto start the development server and begin customizing. - Check the repository’s README and license before you ship.
Terminal
$ git clone https://github.com/amalshaji/portr $ cd portr $ npm install $ npm run dev
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Everything you need to know before you ship with Portr.
Portr is an open-source, self-hosted alternative to ngrok that enables development teams to securely expose local HTTP, TCP, and WebSocket servers to the public internet for testing webhooks and sharing development previews. It is an open source template in the shadcn.io collection of 215.
Portr is made by Amalshaji, an independent developer; shadcn.io lists it but did not make it. Amalshaji has 1 template in the collection, and the author's page lists them.
The listing tags Portr with Svelte. Those are its categories, not a dependency list: the exact packages and versions are in the repository's package.json.
Yes. The Portr page embeds its live demo from portr.dev, and links to it so you can open the real deployment before you clone.
The Portr listing was last updated on October 8, 2025. That date is the listing's, not the repository's: check the repository's commits for recent activity.
Clone the repository (git clone https://github.com/amalshaji/portr), then follow the README. The Portr page shows the usual steps and a terminal block with the commands to copy.
Install dependencies with npm install or pnpm install, then run npm run dev. The README in the Portr repository says which package manager and environment variables it needs.
No. Portr is cloned from its own GitHub repository, so shadcn.io isn't involved. Browsing the page and its live demo need no account either; Pro adds the premium templates, the blocks and the MCP server.
Follow the deployment notes in the Portr README: the right host depends on its framework and any services it needs. The page's categories show what it is built for.
The Portr listing doesn't record a license. Check the LICENSE file in its repository (https://github.com/amalshaji/portr), and ask the author if there isn't one.
That depends on Portr's license in its repository, which shadcn.io does not set. Read the LICENSE file before you use it in a client or paid project, and ask the author if it is unclear.
Attribution follows Portr's license. Many permissive licenses ask you to keep the copyright notice and license text in your copy; its LICENSE file says exactly what.
No. The Pro license covers shadcn.io's own Pro code, blocks and premium templates. Portr is the author's project, under the terms in its repository.
Amalshaji supports Portr, through its GitHub repository: read the docs, open an issue or look for discussions. shadcn.io does not maintain it.
Yes. Once you clone it, Portr is your own code: change the theme, add pages and connect your backend. It uses shadcn/ui, so you can also add more components the same way.
Yes. Components are free with a free account and the blocks are in Pro; both are copied into your project with the shadcn CLI. Check that Portr uses Tailwind CSS and the shadcn/ui setup (a components.json) before you add them, and pick the base library your project already uses.
Yes, with Pro. The shadcn.io MCP server's search_templates tool finds templates by what they are, and returns each one's repository and live demo, so your editor can set up Portr for you. Your files stay on your machine.
The collection has 4 other open source Svelte templates like Portr, shown at the foot of its page with the ones sharing most categories first. All of them are at /template/category/svelte.
Amalshaji has no other templates in the collection.
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