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Share Localhost. Right From VS Code.

Turn your running development server into a shareable HTTPS preview link without leaving your editor.

Preview release · Manual install

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Needs VS Code 1.90 or newer and a free Localians account.

The Localians sidebar in VS Code with a Connect to Localians button
Connect once
A connected, password protected preview listed in the Localians sidebar
Manage your previews

What it does

Everything you need, inside the editor.

No terminal commands, no deploys and no second tool to install: the extension includes the same tunnel client as the Localians CLI.

  • Share local ports

    Pick a running dev server and share it. One share per port, stopped from the sidebar or the status bar.

  • Secure HTTPS links

    Every preview is reached over HTTPS. The link is copied for you when the tunnel is confirmed.

  • Your Localians account

    Approve VS Code in your browser once. The sign-in is a revocable token kept in VS Code's Secret Storage.

  • Copy and manage links

    Previews stay listed with their status. Copy, open, stop or share again, even for previews started elsewhere.

  • Project detection

    Finds apps running on common ports, recognizes frameworks in your workspace, and matches the project that uses that port.

  • Access and timing

    Choose public or password protected, and how long the link works. Localians applies the project's free preview or Preview Pass.

Three steps

From editor to link in a minute.

  1. 01

    Install the extension

    From the Marketplace (coming soon), or by hand from a downloaded .vsix file.

  2. 02

    Connect your account

    Click Connect to Localians. Your browser opens once so you can approve VS Code.

  3. 03

    Share your app

    Start your dev server, click it under Local apps, choose who can open it, and send the copied link.

Install

Download VSIX

Install Localians for VS Code from a file now, or from the Marketplace once it is published there.

Available

Localians for VS Code 0.1.0

Free · Windows, macOS and Linux · installs in VS Code with Install from VSIX.

Download VSIX

40 KB, downloaded from this site. A GitHub Releases mirror follows.

Extension
Localians — Share Localhost
Version
0.1.0
Publisher
THINXIFY (thinxify.localians)
Requires
VS Code 1.90 or newer
File
localians-0.1.0.vsix · 40 KB

SHA-256 checksum

b9fc9fbe3677eedb546d6ca3c33df56d7914790b8c0c58a9df085f10995cded8

Install from a .vsix file

Four steps, about a minute.

  1. Download
    Save localians-0.1.0.vsix with the Download VSIX button.
  2. Check it (recommended)
    Its SHA-256 must equal the checksum above.
    # Windows PowerShell
Get-FileHash .\localians-0.1.0.vsix -Algorithm SHA256

# macOS / Linux
shasum -a 256 localians-0.1.0.vsix
  3. Install from VSIX
    Open Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X, or Cmd+Shift+X on a Mac), click the … (Views and More Actions) menu at the top right, choose Install from VSIX… and select the file. Or run Extensions: Install from VSIX… from the Command Palette.
  4. Connect
    Open the Localians view in the activity bar and click Connect to Localians. Reload VS Code first if it asks you to.
About updates. An extension installed from a .vsix file does not receive automatic updates from the Marketplace by default. To update, download the newer .vsix and install it the same way (it replaces the old one). Once the extension is on the Marketplace, install it from there to get automatic updates.

Install from MarketplaceComing soon

The extension isn't on the Visual Studio Marketplace yet. When it is, you'll be able to install it with one click and get automatic updates.

Your editor. Ready to share.

Start with a free Localians account. Every project gets a free 24-hour preview.

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