Oct 24, 2025
What are AI gateways, and do you even need them?
The AI gold rush has led to a very modern problem: too many shovels (models), too little gold (control). Are AI gateways the solution?
Oct 21, 2025
Sync secrets from external sources to ngrok with Kubernetes External Secrets
ngrok's Vaults can now pick up K8s secrets you already manage with with the OSS External Secrets project. Many third-party stores, one source of truth.
Oct 21, 2025
How Rinsed builds data pipelines in car washes: the lessons learned
From progressive degradation to network abstractions, Rinsed is building around ngrok's TLS endpoints to tap into data more valuable than the entire box office.
Sep 22, 2025
How Vijil built a trust layer for my first AI agent
Vijil’s platform tests your in-development agents against failure modes like prompt injection, PII leaks, and hallucinations—with a bit of help from ngrok.
Sep 16, 2025
API gateway shapes: back then, now, and beyond
Explore eight new gateway patterns—from CI/CD previews to multi-model AI—that show why gateways are no longer prod-only infrastructure.
Sep 10, 2025
ngrok-operator v0.20.0: Go SDK v2 and edges removal
This release drops legacy CRDs, moves to ngrok-go v2, and cleans up old code as we prepare for ngrok-operator v1.0.
Sep 9, 2025
The ngrok cheatsheet
How to run ngrok with Slack webhook authentication? GitHub OAuth? How to serve files? This cheat sheet shows you what else you can do with ngrok!
Aug 27, 2025
Secrets for Traffic Policy now in Open Beta
Manage sensitive values securely, reuse them across policies, and rotate them without editing policies—now open to everyone who's open to using the ngrok CLI!
Aug 25, 2025
ngrok is now HIPAA-compliant
HIPAA compliance opens ngrok for healthcare workloads—API gateways, webhook handling, and remote access with ePHI securely in transit.
Aug 20, 2025
Self-hosted local AI workflows with Docker, n8n, Ollama, and ngrok
The shortest path to the best of all worlds: AI-driven automation, simple deployments with containers and a GUI, and a gateway to knit it all together securely.
Aug 19, 2025
Smithery is shaping the agent-first internet—for builders and bots alike
Smithery is building tools to help you build, test, and distribute your MCPs on one side, and a "Google for MCPs" on the other—here's how they do it with ngrok.
Aug 19, 2025
Terminate requests to your endpoint with the close-connection action
While you can send a "no thanks" error code and response body, close-connection is perfect for situations where you'd rather just definitively close the door.
Aug 18, 2025
Block threats before they reach your services with our new WAF actions
Two new Traffic Policy actions, powered by OWASP CRS, drop malicious requests and responses at the edge, with no extra WAF service required.
Aug 14, 2025
ngrok-operator v0.19.0: Gateway API updates and edge deprecation
We've brought .Status.Addresses for ExternalDNS, gateway status conditions that match community standards, and are prepping for the EOL of edges.
Aug 13, 2025
Our approach to always evolving dev tools for speed and clarity
The story of `nd`, why we surface what’s happening under the hood, and lean on proven tools so developers can work faster and troubleshoot smarter.
Aug 12, 2025
Five ways ngrokkers 'doglab' gateways for homelabs and side projects
How do they build gateways to route and authenticate traffic to blogs, OSS analytics services, photo-sharing apps, and much more with Traffic Policy?
Aug 8, 2025
The ngrok Docker Desktop Extension: instant endpoints for your local containers
From Docker Desktop, start an endpoint for your local containerized APIs or apps, then apply rules for auth, routing, or rate limits without leaving the UI.
Aug 7, 2025
From nginx to ngrok: Dogfooding our own website with Traffic Policy
We built an API gateway, then turned it on ourselves. Here's the full story of how we replaced nginx and now host ngrok.com with Kubernetes and Traffic Policy.
Aug 6, 2025
ngrok is now available in the Microsoft Store
Securely install ngrok via the Microsoft Store for automatic updates and compatibility with app management tools.
Jul 22, 2025
How to write policies with patterns that scale
Tips for making your Traffic Policy easier to read, debug, and evolve, without rewriting it every time your requirements shift.
