Guides

Practical, copy-pasteable walkthroughs for common webhook debugging jobs.

How to test webhooks online (free, no signup)

Get a free URL that captures any webhook or HTTP request so you can inspect headers and body live — no signup, no install.

Receive webhooks on localhost — without ngrok or a tunnel

Deliver GitHub, Stripe or any webhooks to a server on your laptop with one shell script — no tunnel daemon, no ngrok account, no firewall changes.

Test GitHub webhooks and verify X-Hub-Signature-256

Capture GitHub webhook deliveries, inspect the payload, and verify the X-Hub-Signature-256 HMAC signature — free.

Inspect Stripe webhooks without the Stripe CLI

Capture Stripe webhook events at a free URL, inspect the exact payload and Stripe-Signature header, and verify the signature.

Pass Slack URL verification (url_verification challenge) instantly

Slack's Events API requires your endpoint to echo a challenge. Do it with zero code using response templates — and capture every event.

Test Shopify webhooks and verify X-Shopify-Hmac-Sha256

Capture Shopify webhook deliveries at a free URL, inspect the exact payload, and verify the base64 X-Shopify-Hmac-Sha256 HMAC signature.

Debug Twilio webhooks: see exactly what Twilio sends

Capture Twilio SMS/voice webhooks at a free URL, see the form-encoded parameters decoded, and test your TwiML responses.

Free ngrok alternatives for webhook testing (2026)

Honest comparison of free ways to get webhooks to localhost — cloudflared, localtunnel, SSH tunnels, and a no-tunnel relay approach — with the trade-offs of each.

Test webhook retries, timeouts and failure handling

Force any webhook sender to retry: return 500s, add response delays to trip timeouts, and observe the real retry schedule — without deploying anything.

RequestBin alternatives in 2026 (the original is gone)

requestbin.com shut down years ago. Here are the working free alternatives for inspecting HTTP requests and webhooks — and what each one paywalls.

webhook.site alternatives in 2026 (free, without the 100-request cap)

webhook.site is fine for a two-minute look, but the free tier caps requests and paywalls replay, custom URLs, and the CLI. Honest rundown of the alternatives.

Beeceptor alternatives: free webhook inspection without the 50/day cap

Beeceptor’s free tier caps you at ~50 requests per endpoint per day with short history. If you’re inspecting webhooks rather than mocking APIs, here are better free options.

Mockbin alternatives: mockbin.org is gone — free replacements that work

mockbin.org no longer resolves; Kong folded Mockbin into Insomnia. Free working alternatives for inspecting HTTP requests and mocking webhook responses.

Hookbin alternatives: hookbin.com is gone — here’s what to use instead

hookbin.com now redirects to Pipedream’s RequestBin; the standalone request-capture tool is gone. Free working alternatives for inspecting HTTP requests and webhooks.

smee.io alternatives: webhooks to localhost without dropped deliveries

smee.io forwards webhooks to localhost but drops every delivery that arrives while your client is disconnected. Alternatives that persist payloads, verify signatures, and need no Node client.

localtunnel alternatives: stable webhook URLs without the password page

localtunnel is free but unreliable: interstitial password pages that block webhook senders, rotating URLs, npm client, frequent downtime. Free alternatives that actually deliver webhooks.