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LocaltoNet first tunnel, where does the public URL show up

Posted by bguzman • July 10, 2026

I just installed it and made a basic tunnel to my local app, and it looks like it starts fine. What I'm missing is the actual public address I can send to someone, is that shown in the app somewhere, the dashboard, or only in logs/console output? Sorry if this is super basic, I'm just trying to get the first test working before I mess with anything else.

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justinwilson Jul 10, 2026

The public URL shows right in the LocaltoNet app once the tunnel is actually running, usually in the tunnel/status area next to that web port you exposed. If you only created it but didn't hit Start, there's nothing useful to copy yet, because apparently we can't just have one more obvious button in these tools.

bguzman Jul 10, 2026

Yep, that was exactly it, I had made the tunnel but never actually started it so I was staring at the config thinking I missed some hidden link. Once I hit Start the public URL showed up right there, thanks.

One quick thing though, when it does show up, is the app URL the only place to grab it from or does it also copy somewhere in the logs?

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