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DevKit

Sharing

Share site on a site’s row gives it a public https:// address that anyone you send it to can open, without deploying anything. DevKit runs Cloudflare’s cloudflared connector; your computer opens no ports.

Terminal window
devkit share shop     # Shared at https://calm-fox-1234.trycloudflare.com
devkit unshare shop   # Sharing stopped

Addresses

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  • Random address (the default): a new *.trycloudflare.com address each time you share. No account needed.
  • Your domain: a stable address like shop-dev.example.com, on a domain in your Cloudflare account. See Share on your domain.

Visitors see your site as it is at https://shop.test: links, redirects and asset URLs use the public address, and PHP sees the public host name.

Laravel sites work while Vite’s dev server runs (npm run dev): DevKit sends the CSS, JavaScript and fonts it serves through the share, including live reload.

Who can open shared sites

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Set these in Settings › Sharing; DevKit remembers your choice of address and these rules. They apply to every shared site, on random addresses and your domain alike.

  • Ask for a password: visitors type it once in the browser’s sign-in prompt; any user name works.
  • Only allow these IP addresses: add addresses or ranges such as 203.0.113.0/24. Add my IP adds the public address you’re using now. Everyone else gets a page saying the site isn’t open to them. Addresses come from Cloudflare, so visitors can’t fake them.

With both on, visitors need the password and an allowed address.

While a site is shared

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  • Stop sharing after 1 hour, 8 hours or 1 day, or never.
  • Keep shared sites out of search engines (on by default) adds X-Robots-Tag: noindex.
  • Visitors’ requests show in Requests with their IP address and a globe mark.
  • The site’s row and the menu bar icon show a cyan wire while it’s shared.

Random addresses are limited by Cloudflare: about 200 requests at a time and no server-sent events. Cloudflare also drops them now and then; DevKit reconnects straight away, but the address changes, and the site’s row shows the new one. Use your domain if you need an address that stays put.