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by groestl 1197 days ago
I was under the impression that pgrok was unmaintained until now, to the extend that I was looking for alternatives. Did I miss something?
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I'm on mobile so it's hard browse the repo, but it looks like the initial commit was 4 days ago. So I think this would be a different project with the same name.

https://github.com/pgrok/pgrok/commit/1f57713c323ea494780590...

I see.. it's bit confusing, since there's an existing project in the same space (https://github.com/jerson/pgrok). It's even linked on the project above via the awesome https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling list, I don't know why this is necessary.
For one, this seems to integrate with OIDC setups, which makes it easier to use it with existing company credentials (rather than manage accounts for every tool you use).

The naming conflict is unfortunate. At least the old repository is archived, but it'd still be better if this tool could be renamed IMO, especially since it's so new.