Pinggy

What Pinggy does

Pinggy Technology Private Limited, founded in 2023 and registered in Bolpur, West Bengal, India, operates a localhost tunneling platform that creates public HTTPS, TCP, UDP, and TLS URLs pointing to local development services. The platform is built on SSH-based reverse tunneling, leveraging the pre-installed SSH client on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android (via Termux) so that users can start a tunnel with a single command and no client download or signup for basic usage. The company supplements this with a Desktop GUI app (Windows, Mac, Linux), a CLI with JSON configuration, a Web Debugger for live HTTP request inspection and replay, and official Node.js and Python SDKs for programmatic tunnel management. A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server and dedicated skill extend the platform to AI coding agents such as Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, and Windsurf.

The product is sold via a freemium subscription model with three tiers: a free tier for life (60-minute tunnel timeout, random subdomains, unlimited data transfer), a Pro tier (pricing not publicly disclosed, billed monthly or annually with up to 17% annual savings) that adds persistent tunnels, custom and wildcard domains, persistent TCP/UDP ports, teams, remote device management, and priority support, and a custom-priced Enterprise tier offering dedicated or on-premise servers, unlimited tunnels and domains, team management, an API for tunnel monitoring, and priority Discord and call support. A 7-day Pro trial is offered.

Pinggy pursues a product-led growth motion with a strong free tier and no-signup entry, layered with community- and content-led acquisition through a developer forum, comprehensive documentation, 30+ framework quickstart recipes, and SEO comparison pages against Ngrok, Localxpose, LocalTunnel, and Cloudflare Tunnel. The company serves individual developers and freelancers, software development teams, AI coding agents, IoT and embedded-device users, and API/integration developers who need to test webhooks from providers such as Stripe, GitHub, Slack, Shopify, Telegram, WhatsApp, Razorpay, and Twilio. Tunnel servers are deployed in six regions (USA, Europe, UK, Singapore, Brazil, Australia) for global low-latency access. Pinggy operates as a privately held, bootstrapped entity with no disclosed funding rounds, no parent company, no named enterprise customers, and a self-reported team size of 1-10.

Name

Pinggy

Legal name

PINGGY TECHNOLOGY PRIVATE LIMITED

Website

https://pinggy.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Pinggy is a bootstrapped Indian startup that runs a localhost tunneling platform giving developers public HTTPS, TCP, UDP, and TLS URLs for local services via a no-download SSH-based approach, serving individual developers, dev teams, and AI coding agents with freemium and enterprise subscription tiers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Developer Networking & Tunneling Infrastructure

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Computer Terminals (3575)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHDABAGAE

DNS, Anycast & Traffic Steering (GSLB, Geo-routing)

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Cloud & Data Center Infrastructure/CDN, Edge Cloud & Content Delivery

SECONDARYHDABAAAJ

Cloud Networking Core Services (VPC/VNet, Load Balancing, DNS, NAT)

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Cloud & Data Center Infrastructure/Public Cloud Infrastructure (IaaS/PaaS)

Keywords

• Localhost tunneling platform
• Reverse proxy tunneling
• Public URL forwarding
• SSH tunnel service
• Webhook testing tools

Headquarters

HQ city

Santiniketan

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Subscription - Free Tier: Free tier providing basic tunneling functionality with random subdomains, 60-minute tunnel timeout, and limited features. Generates revenue through conversion to paid tiers rather than direct monetization.
2. Subscription - Pro Tier: Monthly or annual subscription (annual saves up to 17%) providing persistent tunnels, custom subdomains, custom domains, persistent TCP/UDP ports, team features, remote device management, wildcard domain support, and priority support. Primary paid product targeting individual developers and small teams.
3. Subscription - Enterprise Tier: Custom-priced enterprise tier with dedicated servers/on-premise options, unlimited persistent tunnels and custom domains, unlimited teams, API access for tunnel monitoring/management, and priority Discord and call support. Targets larger teams and organizations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Pinggy is a localhost tunneling platform that creates public HTTPS, TCP, UDP, and TLS URLs pointing to local services running on a user's machine. Tunneling is delivered over a standard SSH connection, so users can start a tunnel with a single SSH command and no binary download or account signup. The platform is offered on a freemium basis with paid Pro and Enterprise subscriptions that add persistent URLs, custom domains, wildcard routing, team management, dedicated servers, and programmatic tunnel APIs/SDKs.

Product overview

Pinggy is a localhost tunneling platform that provides public URLs for local development environments. The core product creates secure tunnels using SSH, supporting HTTP(S), TCP, UDP, and TLS protocols without requiring downloads or account signup for basic use. The platform consists of multiple access methods: the Pinggy CLI for command-line users, a Desktop App with GUI for desktop users, the Web Debugger for live HTTP request inspection and replay, and SDKs in Node.js and Python for programmatic tunnel control. An MCP server enables AI agent integration. Pinggy Pro adds persistent subdomains, custom domains, and team management features, while the Enterprise tier provides dedicated infrastructure and unlimited tunnels.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pinggy Tunneling Platform A localhost tunneling platform that creates public HTTPS, TCP, UDP, and TLS URLs pointing to local services. Tunneling is delivered via SSH to Pinggy's globally distributed servers, with no binary download or account signup required for basic use, targeting individual developers, software development teams, AI coding agents, and enterprise customers.
• Pinggy CLI Command-line interface for creating and managing Pinggy tunnels with robust auto-reconnection, JSON configuration support, and saved configs for persistent tunnel management. Available for Windows, Mac, and Linux; also installable via npm.
• Pinggy Desktop App Cross-platform desktop GUI application available for Windows, Mac, and Linux that provides easy tunnel management with auto-start on boot and a user-friendly interface for creating and monitoring tunnels.
• Pinggy MCP Server Model Context Protocol server that enables AI coding agents such as Claude Code, Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code, and Windsurf to create and manage Pinggy tunnels programmatically as part of AI-assisted development workflows.
• Pinggy Node.js SDK Official Node.js package (@pinggy/pinggy on npm) that enables programmatic creation, management, and inspection of tunnels from within JavaScript and TypeScript applications.
• Pinggy Python SDK Official Python package (pinggy on PyPI, installable via pip) for programmatically creating and controlling Pinggy tunnels from within Python applications.
• Pinggy JSON to XML Converter Free online developer tool for converting JSON data into well-formatted XML files, hosted by Pinggy as a utility for developers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Zero-setup tunneling - create public URL with single SSH command in seconds
• +1 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ngrok: The category-defining localhost tunneling platform with a comparable HTTP(S)/TCP/UDP tunnel product, paid tier, and developer focus. Pinggy explicitly publishes comparison content against Ngrok, treating it as the primary head-to-head competitor.
• Localtunnel: Open-source localhost tunneling tool that exposes local services via public URLs without requiring an account. Pinggy publishes a direct comparison page against Localtunnel, positioning ease-of-use and protocol breadth as differentiators.
• LocalXpose: Commercial localhost tunneling platform with similar HTTP(S)/TCP/UDP tunneling, paid tiers, and developer/team focus. A direct paid alternative that Pinggy compares against in dedicated SEO content.
• Serveo: SSH-based reverse tunnel service that, like Pinggy, leverages SSH to expose localhost without client installation. The closest conceptual peer given Pinggy's SSH-first architecture, though with a smaller feature set.
• Loophole: Cloud-based localhost tunneling service offering quick public URLs without downloads, positioned as a lightweight alternative for quick demos and webhook testing. Direct competitor in the same niche.
• localhost.run: SSH-based public-URL tunneling service that, like Pinggy and Serveo, requires no client installation. Operates in the same SSH-tunnel-no-download niche and competes directly on the zero-friction dimension.

Broad incumbents

• Cloudflare Tunnel: Free tunneling feature bundled into the Cloudflare network, offering comparable public-URL-to-localhost routing at massive scale. Competes directly on price (free) and infrastructure breadth, but is part of a broader platform rather than a specialized standalone product.

Emerging players

• Tailscale Funnel: Public-internet exposure feature layered on Tailscale's WireGuard-based mesh VPN. Provides comparable public-URL-to-local-service functionality with strong security defaults, positioning as an alternative for security-conscious developer teams.
• VS Code Dev Tunnels: Microsoft's bundled port-forwarding/tunneling inside VS Code for remote development sessions. Represents the hyperscaler-bundling risk: free, native tunneling for the world's most popular code editor that may reduce demand for standalone tools.
• Bore: Lightweight, open-source TCP tunnel tool exposing local ports to the public internet. Represents the self-hosted/niche alternative that competes on developer autonomy rather than managed-service convenience.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/pinggyio

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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