How to Test GitHub Webhooks Locally Without Port Forwarding

Short summary

This tutorial covers four approaches to testing GitHub webhooks locally without port forwarding: ngrok (simple, URL changes on restart), Cloudflare Tunnel (free, lower latency), webhook inspectors like Anonymily (stable endpoints, event capture), and VPS reverse proxy (full control, more setup). Each approach includes working code examples and trade-off analysis.

• •ngrok and Cloudflare Tunnel simplify webhook testing but URLs change on restart
• •Webhook inspectors (Anonymily) provide stable endpoints with event history capture
• •VPS reverse proxy offers full control but requires more infrastructure setup

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