Cloudflare Quick Tunnels

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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.

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The Modern Way to Build and Share
You're a single command away from sharing your project with the Internet.
Built on Cloudflare's global network, Quick Tunnels give you instant, secure access to your local development environment.

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

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

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

Share, iterate, ship
Start tunneling today.
Join thousands of developers delivering real-time previews with Quick Tunnels. No account needed. No DNS or certificates to configure. No open ports.

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.

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Secure, ephemeral tunnels backed by Cloudflare's edge network. Perfect for previews, CI/CD integrations, and rapid collaboration.

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Cloudflare Quick Tunnels provide a free, secure, and instant method for globally sharing and previewing applications built locally. These tunnels leverage Cloudflare's extensive global network to grant instant, secure access to a local development environment with a single command, fundamentally streamlining the process of deploying local applications to the internet. The core value proposition lies in eliminating complex setup procedures; users can achieve live deployment with no requirement for account creation, configuration files, or waiting periods.

The system is designed with security as a default, incorporating automatic HTTPS, robust DDoS protection, and ensuring that no ports remain exposed on the local machine. Traffic routed through these tunnels is processed by Cloudflare’s edge network, which facilitates fast and reliable connections worldwide, thereby ensuring optimal performance for previewing and sharing.

The process for utilizing Quick Tunnels involves several straightforward steps. First, the necessary command-line interface, cloudflared, must be installed on the platform. This installation can be sourced from the Cloudflare dashboard, a package manager, or GitHub, and the installation itself does not require user login for the Quick Tunnels feature. Next, a local application, such as a web server or API running on a specific port, is started on the local machine. The user then initiates the creation of a secure ingress by executing a command to launch the tunnel, specifying the desired URL endpoint, such as http://localhost:8000. Cloudflare then automatically handles the complex tasks of managing certificates, routing traffic, and providing DDoS protection for the tunnel.

Once the tunnel is established, the user can share the generated preview URL with collaborators. This shared link, typically a trycloudflare.com address, allows others to instantly access the locally running application. This mechanism is highly effective for accelerating collaboration and feedback loops across various stages, from initial design reviews to automated quality assurance processes, as it removes the friction associated with configuring DNS or obtaining traditional certificates. Ultimately, Quick Tunnels function as secure, ephemeral tunnels underpinned by the Cloudflare edge network, making them perfectly suited for scenarios requiring rapid previews, CI/CD integrations, and swift, real-time team collaboration.