localfly
Share localhost from your Mac in one click. A free, open-source menu bar app that gives any local app a public link: an ngrok and LocalCan alternative with self-hosted HTTPS.
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GITHUB · launched Nov 8, 2026 · 32 upvotes (top 76%) · 0 views
Niche: networking and tunneling utilities · 190 launches, 13 in the last 7 days ▼ -7% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Developer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
- bore
- developer-tools
- localhost
- macos
- menubar-app
- ngrok-alternative
- +7 more
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Could you build this?
Partial A macOS menu bar app that exposes localhost is vibe-codeable as a client, but a real public-link service needs relay servers, TLS certificate handling, and tunnel reliability.
What it would actually take: The Mac client can be a Swift menu bar app that launches an open-source tunnel client such as frp or bore. The hard parts are the public relay infrastructure with wildcard TLS, subdomain routing, and abuse controls, plus a self-hosted HTTPS option that requires certificate automation. This calls for networking and ops experience and some server budget.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 259 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #244 of 260 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 299 days after the earliest competitor.
- Orbit · ph · 2026-10-26 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- Port Tools · ph · 2026-09-10 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- HTML to App · ph · 2026-10-27 · 4 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- GoPort · ph · 2026-10-20 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- PortlessBar · ph · 2026-10-03 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- leftopen · github · 2026-09-16 · 38 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- Doorman · ph · 2026-09-29 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- macOS menu-bar manager for SSH port forwards · hn · 2026-07-23 · 45 upvotes · similarity 0.47
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