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What should I use to test webhook endpoints locally?
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Oct 5, 2026
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A good local webhook-testing tool is ngrok — it exposes your local server to the internet with a temporary public URL, so services like Stripe, GitHub, Slack, etc. can send webhooks to your machine.
Other good options:
- ngrok: very common, easy to use, great docs
- Cloudflare Tunnel: free and reliable, good if you already use Cloudflare
- localtunnel: simple and lightweight
- Webhook.site: great for inspecting payloads, but it’s more of a capture endpoint than a local-forwarding tool
- svix play / webhook testing tools: useful for inspecting and replaying webhook requests
If you want, I can also recommend the best one based on your stack:
- Node.js / Express
- Python / FastAPI or Django
- Laravel / PHP
- .NET
- something else