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Tunnelmole vs Pinggy: catalog facts
Tunnelmole	Pinggy
Freemium Free and open source; the hosted service also has a pricing page for paid options.	Freemium Free tunnels with changing URLs; Pinggy Pro adds persistent URLs, with a 7-day trial.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Command line
Single command gives a local port a public HTTPS URL Installs via a script or npm	Works over plain SSH without installing a client Supports HTTP, TCP, UDP and TLS tunnels
Windows without WSL requires Node.js Pricing details for the hosted service are not documented in the research	Free tunnel URLs change on reconnect Hosted service only; not self-hostable
Downloadable app, Self-hosted, Hosted service	Downloadable app, Hosted service
Open source	Closed source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Needs internet	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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