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LocalTunnel for VSCode

LocalTunnel for VSCode

Mauricio Soares

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7,240 installs
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Easily share a web service on your local development machine without messing with DNS and firewall settings directly from VSCode
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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LocalTunnel for VSCode

A VSCode extension for controlling LocalTunnel from the command palette.

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Features

LocalTunnel: Start

Start an HTTPS tunnel.

Options

Port: Which port will be exposed (Default: 8000)

Domain: Custom domain for the tunnel (Default: random)

start

After you start the tunnel, you can either copy the generated link to your clipboard, or open a browser tab directly.

LocalTunnel: Stop

Stops the current HTTP tunnel.

stop

Known Issues

  • If you close the workspace you started the tunnel, the tunnel will automatically shut off.

  • You can't start 2 tunnels at the same time

1.0.0

Initial release of LocalTunnel for VSCode.

Contributors

Author

Mauricio Soares - GitHub

Thanks

I'd like to thank Phil Nash, this extension was highly inspired by his cool ngrok VS Code extension.

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