# 🔗 Tunnelto: Share Your Localhost With Anyone Online

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/tunnelto-share-your-localhost-with-anyone-online/315507>\
**Category:** Tools & Scripts\
**Tags:** programming\
**Created:** [December 27, 2025, 12:51am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/tunnelto-share-your-localhost-with-anyone-online/315507 "2025-12-27T00:51:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jenna](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/jenna/32/166322_2.png) [@Jenna](https://onehack.st/u/Jenna)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 12:51am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/tunnelto-share-your-localhost-with-anyone-online/315507/1 "2025-12-27T00:51:15Z")

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# 🌍 Show Your Local Projects to the World in 30 Seconds

> 🗺 **The essence:** You’re working on something cool on your computer. You want to show it to someone across the world — without paying for servers, without complicated setup. Tunnelto was supposed to do that. It’s dead now. Here’s what actually works.

 ![image](https://onehack.st/uploads/default/original/3X/3/1/31fe18b404a3de4b4b3547dc32fe6b1217d2693c.png)

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## 🤔 Wait, What Even Is This?

You know how your projects live on your computer and nobody else can see them?

**Tunneling tools let strangers access your computer’s projects through a simple link.**

Like magic. No servers. No money. Just a link that works anywhere.

> **Why would you want this?**
>
> - Show a client your work without deploying anything
> - Test payment systems that need a real URL
> - Let your phone talk to code running on your laptop
> - Flex on people

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## 💀 So What’s Wrong With Tunnelto?

It’s abandoned. Last update was 4 years ago. The website still works… sometimes. Users complain about random errors. Support doesn’t respond. Ever.

Cool Rust code though. Great for learning. Terrible for actually using.

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## ⚡ What Actually Works In 2025

> **I need this working in 30 seconds**
>
> ```bash
> ssh -R 80:localhost:3000 nokey@localhost.run
> 
> ```
> 
> That’s it. No signup. No download. Your stuff is now online.

> **I want control and I'm not scared of setup**
>
> → [frp](https://github.com/fatedier/frp) — The beast. Does everything. 90k+ people trust it.  
> → [bore](https://github.com/ekzhang/bore) — Dead simple. One command. Done.

> **Just make it work, I don't care how**
>
> → [Cloudflare Tunnel](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-apps/) — Free. Reliable. You’re giving Cloudflare your soul but whatever.

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## ⚠ Shit That Can Go Wrong

> **Your Private Stuff Gets Googled**
>
> Some tunnel URLs end up indexed by search engines. Your test site with hardcoded passwords? Now searchable. Cute.

> **Hackers Love This Stuff**
>
> Bad actors use tunnel services to hide their attacks. Cloudflare’s free tunnels are a malware favorite. Not your problem unless you’re the target.

> **Forgot To Delete Your DNS?**
>
> Point your domain at a tunnel service, stop using it, forget to clean up. Someone else claims it. Now they’re serving malware from YOUR domain. Oops.

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## 💎 Hidden Gems

- **[awesome-tunneling](https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling)** — Master list of every option. 19k stars. Bookmark this.
- **Pinggy** — `ssh -p 443 -R0:localhost:8000 qr@a.pinggy.io` — Works with stuff ngrok can’t handle.
- **[SSH-J.com](http://SSH-J.com)** — Anonymous. No signup. Just `ssh ssh-j.com` and follow instructions.

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## 🎯 Quick Pick

| Situation | Use This |
| --- | --- |
| Testing something for 5 minutes | localhost.run |
| Serious self-hosted setup | frp or bore |
| “I just want it to work” | Cloudflare Tunnel |
| Learning Rust | tunnelto (it’s dead but educational) |

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**The dream tool that does everything automatically?** Doesn’t exist yet. Everyone’s still duct-taping solutions together. Welcome to 2025.

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_Don’t run production through free tunnels. Don’t forget to delete DNS records. Don’t trust random links that expose your localhost. Common sense shit._

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**Author:** ![Tatenda\_Chimuti](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/tatenda_chimuti/32/116981_2.png) [@Tatenda\_Chimuti](https://onehack.st/u/Tatenda_Chimuti)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/tunnelto-share-your-localhost-with-anyone-online/315507/2 "2025-12-29T15:39:40Z")

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[ngrok.io](http://ngrok.io) works great too