Holy Sh*t... You can now share your localhost with anyone using only VS Code! 🤯 VS Code has a built-in Ports feature that lets you expose your local server to the internet, no need for third-party tools. Here’s how to use it: 1) Open the Ports tab in the... terminal panel 2) Click Forward a Port 3) Enter your local port number (mine was 5173, yours could be 3000, 3001, etc.) 4) VS Code will generate a link, right-click and select Make Public 5) Copy the link and share it with anyone Perfect for demos, testing on other devices, or sharing work with clients and teammates :) Watch the video for a step-by-step demo 🎥 Follow me for more amazing AI, Coding & Web Dev insights 💎show more

this shi was there since forever

Devs could always do this how you think I chatted on irc even though its port was blocked. We weren’t supposed to tell them guys!

Ehem they had this for half a decade 😅

Nunca em anos de experiência sabia pra que servia isso, um vídeo simples explicou perfeitamente

Faster sharing means faster feedback. The biggest productivity gains often come from shortening the loop between building, testing, and improving.

Sharing localhost without extra tools is such a clean built-in feature.

Great

The best productivity wins are often the ones that remove tiny annoyances.

Can we use this as the alternative to ngrok?

Useful for demos but don't expose production databases through VS Code. The security risk is real

Small developer primitives compound. Removing one more setup step is how experimentation gets cheap enough to become a habit.