Launching today
Smuggl
Share your localhost as an invite only link
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Share your localhost as an invite only link
107 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?
neat product - no more "Check out my latest app http://localhost:3000"
Macky
@fmerian hahaha yess!
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.
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
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.
Lukan AI Agent, IDE and workstation.
Excellent to share, I've always used Cloudflare Tunnels
Macky
@enzoevn that's a good choice too, it is just oo much setup for me to do.
Lukan AI Agent, IDE and workstation.
@sayuj_suresh Yes, you make it more simple and withoud any domain.