What is Ngrok?
In 2013, Alan Shreve faced a frustrating problem while working as a software engineer: testing webhooks and sharing local development environments required complex networking knowledge that most developers didn't have.
His solution was elegantly simple: what if you could expose your localhost to the internet with a single command? No configuration, no networking expertise, no firewall changes.
To make the internet more accessible to developers by removing the barriers between local development and global connectivity.
This simple concept grew into Ngrok Inc., fundamentally changing how millions of developers work worldwide and democratizing internet connectivity for the development community.
Alan Shreve
Former software engineer with experience at leading tech companies. Alan identified the critical need for simple, secure tunneling while working on webhook integrations. His vision was to democratize internet connectivity for developers worldwide.