Package

tunnelmole

Tunnelmole, an open source ngrok alternative. Instant public URLs for any http/https based application. Available as a command line application or as an NPM dependency for your code. Stable and maintained. Good test coverage. Works behind firewalls

v2.4.0, 5 Jun 2025MITESM onlyTypes: BundledTesting WebSockets and realtime

$ npm install tunnelmole

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 4.2k; +39% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 25; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 1 year ago; v2.4.0
GitHub stars: 1.9k; 124 forks
Open issues / PRs: 16 / 2
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 2

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21

Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

4,200 downloads last week, 28,908 in the last month. The 12-month change of +39% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: -
Latest version: 2.4.0, 5 Jun 20251 year ago
First published: -
Last push to GitHub: 13 Apr 2026164 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 16
Open pull requests: 2
Commits, last 52 weeks: 2
Dependents on npm: 17

Major versions

Recent releases

Compatibility

Module format: ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: Not declared
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 139 kB
Dependencies (25): wstomlaxioschalkmulternanoid@types/wscommanderdeepmergeis-numbervalidatordeep-equalnode-fetchtunnelmole@types/jestdetect-port@types/is-number@types/validator@types/deep-equal@types/node-fetchnode-localstoragesource-map-support@types/node-persist@types/node-localstorage@types/source-map-support

Install

npm install tunnelmole

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/tunnelmole@2.4.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/tunnelmole@2.4.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/tunnelmole@2.4.0

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vitest-websocket-mock Mock websockets and assert complex websocket interactions with Vitest	67.3k	-	14 days ago	ESM only	-
mocksse Allows testing of EventSource / Server Sent Events	6k	-	4 years ago	CommonJS	-
@copilotkit/aimock Mock infrastructure for AI application testing — point your SDK at one local port and every provider, protocol, and service answers deterministically.	1.1m	-	2 days ago	ESM + CommonJS	-
mock-socket Javascript mocking library for websockets and socket.io	684.5k	-	3 years ago	CommonJS	-
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Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Not indexed (discovery only): downloads_week 4200 < 10000.