Cloudflare Quick Tunnels

694 points by jcbhmr 18 hours ago on hackernews | 277 comments
Cloudflare

✨ Free · 🔒 Secure · ⚡ Instant

Free, secure tunnel for everything you are building.

Preview and ship ideas globally in seconds with Quick Tunnels. Deploy your local application to the Internet with a single command.

Instant Setup

One command and you're live. No account creation, no configuration files, no waiting.

🛡️

Secure by Default

Automatic HTTPS, DDoS protection, and no exposed ports on your machine.

🌍

Global Network

Traffic is routed through Cloudflare's edge network for fast, reliable connections worldwide.

Install cloudflared

Download the CLI for your platform from the Cloudflare dashboard, package manager or GitHub. No login required for Quick Tunnels.

Run your local app

Start any web server or API on any port (e.g., localhost:8000). Quick Tunnels work with whatever tool you already use.

Create the tunnel

Launch a secure ingress with one command. Cloudflare handles certificates, routing, and DDoS protection.

cloudflared tunnel --url http://localhost:8000

Share the link

Share your generated trycloudflare.com preview URL with your team. Accelerate every feedback loop, from design reviews to automated QA.