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24 alternatives to Localdots – HTTPS domains for localhost with autoconfig and hot reload

HTTPS domains for localhost. 🏠. Contribute to lufzle/localdots development by creating an account on GitHub.

Localdots provides HTTPS domains for localhost development environments with automatic configuration and hot reload capabilities. It's designed for developers who need to test local applications with secure connections… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. Localdots – HTTPS domains for localhost with autoconfig and hot reload launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Pinggy▲282

   Public URLs for localhost without downloading any binary

   2024 · pinggy.io · its alternatives →

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   Local development with .local domains and HTTPSfree tier, from $8/mo▲84

   Hi HN! I'm Jarek, and I've built this tool that allows publishing .local domains on the local network using mDNS. It also has a reverse proxy that handles HTTPS termination and port forwarding. I'm working on adding more features, like an index page with all available domains or allowing proxy redirects, so you could redirect from HTTP to HTTPS. Let me know if you have any questions or feedback!

   2023 · localcan.com · its alternatives →

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   lcl.host▲308

   Get HTTPS in your local dev environment

   2024 · lcl.host · its alternatives →

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   LocalCan™▲269

   Develop your apps locally with local domains and HTTPS

   2023 · localcan.com · its alternatives →

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   Mkcert – Valid HTTPS certificates for localhost▲839

   2019 · blog.filippo.io · its alternatives →

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   tunnelto.dev▲186

   Expose localhost to the internet with a public URL

   2020 · tunnelto.dev · its alternatives →

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   I built a DNS resolver from scratch in Rust – no DNS libraries▲115

   I built a DNS resolver that lets me use https://frontend.numa instead of localhost:5173 — auto-generated TLS certs, WebSocket passthrough, path routing. No mkcert, no nginx, no /etc/hosts.

   Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Quick tunnels to localhost with one command and no binary download▲101

   Pinggy is the simplest way to bring your localhost projects online. It the the fastest way to create secure tunnels to localhost with a public url.

   2023 · pinggy.io · its alternatives →

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   Shittp – Volatile Dotfiles over SSH▲136

   Bring your dotfiles to remote machine via SSH. Contribute to FOBshippingpoint/shittp development by creating an account on GitHub.

   Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Tunnelto.dev – expose localhost with a public URL (built in Rust)▲100

    Expose your local web server to the internet with a public URL

    2020 · tunnelto.dev · its alternatives →

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    Pinggy App▲145

    Easiest way to share your websites and apps from localhost!

    2024 · pinggy.io · its alternatives →

12. 12SO
    Staticland – Open source static site hosting with SSL via Let's Encrypt▲180

    2016 · static.land · its alternatives →

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    Easy Webserver for Node.js, Python, PHP, with Free SSL▲123

    Scalable PaaS (automated Docker+nginx) - aka Heroku on Steroids - caprover/README.md at master · caprover/caprover

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Lokal.so▲257

    Share your localhost with public and https .local address

    2024 · lokal.so · its alternatives →

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    Caddy, a cross-platform HTTP/2 web server▲208

    Caddy is a powerful, enterprise-ready, open source web server with automatic HTTPS written in Go

    2015 · caddyserver.com · its alternatives →

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    Tabserve.dev. HTTPS proxy using Web Workers and a Cloudflare Worker▲117

    Tabserve gives you a https url for localhost using only the browser (tabserve.dev). Take a look: https://tabserve.dev

    2023 · tabserve.dev · its alternatives →

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    Running a simple local HTTP server in a web page▲75

    Start a local HTTP server without any tools, just open a web page. - EtherDream/http-server-online

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Lynk – Securely expose local TCP and HTTP services to the web▲127

    2020 · lynk.sh · its alternatives →

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    An API to provision custom hostnames with SSL▲90

    We launched an API for custom hostnames today. A simple HTTP post with a hostname gets a temp hostname with CNAME/a record instructions, as soon as DNS is setup we issue SSL and start accepting traffic for that hostname. It's the quickest way we know of to provision custom hostnames: https://fly.io/mix/custom-hostnames/ When we started building Fly, we figured it was too late to "make SSL easy and the customers will come". Lets Encrypt changed the world, and we knew many companies rolling their own SSL support with nginx, Traefik, etc, etc. It seemed like a…

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Routepath▲108

    Simple HTTPS, routing, and custom domains for your sites

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    Expose local server. Support both TCP/UDP, of course support HTTP▲68

    zoro can help you expose local server to external network. Support both TCP/UDP, of course support HTTP. Zero-Configuration. - txthinking/zoro

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Put Localhost on the Internet Instantly▲27

    Connect web applications running on your computer to the internet instantly

    2021 · localhost.run · its alternatives →

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    local-https▲11

    Run any development project with https locally for testing

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Backname.io – every IP address gets its own domain▲46

    I was setting up tests involving DNS resolution recently, where something like 127.0.0.1.service.foo would have been tremendously useful. Back in the day, I'd have used xip.io - but sadly that service died. Well, every excuse is a good one when it comes to writing a DNS server! Backname.io joins nip.io and sslip.io in the wildcard DNS game.

    2023 · backname.io · its alternatives →

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