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Ngrok also works without port forwarding through a router

nip.io and xip.io even could be used, but that won't help if there's no static ip.

of course you can portforward your ip via vpn or ssh tunnel. And that's would be the exact equivalent of ngrok, but with way more time and frustration to set it up.

oups, meant "routable" instead of "static"

Surely you've noticed this:

> don't have a static IP that's internet-accessible

I am one of those people :) I don't pay my ISP extra for a "real" IP address, so I have literally no way to receive incoming connections from the internet into my home network, it's all behind their NAT.

You don't need a static IP.

You do need a public IP.

And you probably have one at the office, or you surely do at your hosting service or ... But if you really don't then a VPS with unlimited data is cheaper than ngrok basic plan - and a lot more useful.

The whole reason why I VPN into a box is that it has a static and publicly accessible IP address. Interesting that all the other alternatives proposed basically do the same thing. Point to an URL you control, and proxy traffic to where you want.