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LocaltoNet on Raspberry Pi: headless CLI possible or always desktop app?

Posted by eking • August 2, 2026

I'm trying to get a webhook tunnel up on a Pi without ever logging into the desktop GUI. The app lets you save tunnel entries but I can't find any CLI flag or config file in the docs. Is the usual move to script the desktop app with a saved tunnel and autostart it, or does someone maintain a Docker image for this? I'd rather not rely on X11 if I can avoid it.

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Localtonet Support Aug 2, 2026

Just to clear up the premise here, Localtonet doesn't have a desktop GUI at all, so there's no X11 dependency to avoid in the first place. It's a CLI binary + web dashboard combo:

Download the Linux ARM binary for Pi via curl/wget from the Localtonet downloads page.
Authenticate with your token (from the web dashboard, not a local GUI).
Define your tunnel either via CLI flags or a config file, then run it as a systemd service for auto-start on boot.

No desktop app, no X11, no Docker workaround needed, it's headless by design. If you share which distro/arch you're on I can point you to the exact binary and a sample systemd unit file.

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