About Piko
An open-source alternative to Ngrok, designed to serve production traffic and be simple to
Piko: questions and answers
- What is Piko?
- Piko is an open-source alternative to Ngrok, designed to serve production traffic and be simple to.
- Is Piko open source?
- Yes. Piko is open source under the MIT licence. Its source code is on GitHub at andydunstall/piko and is written mainly in Go.
- Is Piko free?
- Yes. Piko is open source, so the software itself is free to use.
- Can I self-host Piko?
- Yes. Piko can be self-hosted on your own server or infrastructure.
- What is Piko an alternative to?
- Piko is an open-source alternative to ngrok. Other open-source alternatives to ngrok include frp, Pangolin and Rathole.
- Is Piko actively maintained?
- Yes. The most recent commit to Piko was on 5 October 2026, and the latest release is v0.9.1, published on 5 October 2026. The project has 2.2k stars on GitHub.
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