Astral vs localtunnel
AstralDeveloper Tools
Open sourcePublished price
localtunnelDeveloper Tools
FreePublished price
Astral Developer Tools Fast Python tooling for modern engineering teams. | localtunnel Developer Tools Expose yourself to the world | |
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| Overview | ||
| Category | Developer Tools | Developer Tools |
| What it is | Astral builds modern Python tooling like Ruff and uv to improve developer speed, consistency, and dependency workflows. | Open source tool for exposing local servers to the internet without configuring DNS or deploying to production. |
| Pricing | ||
| Published price | Open source Astral's shipped products, Ruff (linter/formatter) and uv (package/project manager), are free and open source (MIT/Apache 2.0). The company is VC-backed and has not launched a pai… | Free localtunnel is a free, open-source (MIT) project. The public tunnel service and the self-hostable server are provided at no charge; there is no paid or hosted commercial plan. |
| Pricing model | Free | Free |
| Free options | Free plan · No free trial | Free plan · No free trial |
| Deal on Cubbie | None right now | None right now |
| Company | ||
| Founded | 2022 | 2015 |
| Team size | 11-50 employees | 1-10 employees |
| Headquarters | Brooklyn, NY | Remote |