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Smuggl
Share your localhost as an invite only link
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Share your localhost as an invite only link
138 followers
Smuggl lets you share your localhost as a secure link instead of blindly exposing your computer to the whole internet.
Macky
Hey Smugglers!
Smuggl lets you share localhost without exposing it to the whole web. You can create an invite only links, see each visitor’s IP and country, and choose who to allow or block.
Built for quick demos, previews, and feedback on local apps without opening everything up.
Go try it out and have fun!
Sayuj
@sayuj_suresh Hi. How safe is the invite-only link? Can random people still guess it somehow?
Macky
@julia_zakharova2 Hey Julia, nope you still have to approve their ip, which will show up in your terminal
@sayuj_suresh Got it, cool, thanks
neat product - no more "Check out my latest app http://localhost:3000"
Macky
@fmerian hahaha yess!
@fmerian woah, looks exactly like mine
@fmerian Exactly what I wanted to say!
My Financé
very cool. I've used ngrok for this before and I believe tailscale has a functionality similar to this as well. I do like the "block by default" approach. what did you write it in? l will guess rust based on the TUI, with a backup guess of go (maybe with charm?) :) congrats on shipping!
Macky
@catt_marroll Hey Matt, yes smuggl is just ngrok but block by default! I built with go and charm!
My Financé
@sayuj_suresh dang should have made that my primary guess. cool idea and pricing seems super fair! will keep you in mind.
@catt_marroll @sayuj_suresh Well done. I think it's precisely this IP address blocking feature that gives it an edge over Ngrok.
Okan
Getting clients to review local builds without pushing to a staging environment is always a hassle, so having an invite-only layer right over localhost is a massive upgrade over basic ngrok links. Do you handle the authentication via magic links or does the invitee need to create an account first? I could see myself using this constantly for quick design sign-offs before deploying.
Macky
@y_taka It is very simple, you will see the visitor ip on your terminal and you just allow or block. No account creations or other weird stuff
Brila
@sayuj_suresh , hi! nice job. The invite-only plus IP visibility combo is a nice touch for demos. usually you either expose everything or nothing. Does blocking work in real time, or do you have to set the allowlist before sharing the link?
Macky
@ikalimullin thank you! it works on real time where each IP shows up and you can allow or block!
RaptorCI
Hey! This is pretty cool! Can I ask how it differs from the likes of ngrok?
Macky
@jordan_carroll2 Thanks! It doesn't expose your computer to public web instead you have to approve each ip which is much more secure! Neve expose your computer localhost to public web
Love the idea! Is it possible to run it without TUI (automation)? Use case: I have the remote agent running somewhere behind firewall and I want it to expose me a dev server.
Macky
@artur_rosa That’s a food idea I will work on it!