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Local port forwarding

Local forwarding makes a service on (or reachable from) your server available on a local port of your device. The classic example: a dev server running remotely on port 5173 appears at localhost:5173 on your machine, and you open it in your regular browser.

  1. Open a tunnel session for the server — tunnels don’t need a terminal.
  2. Add a local forwarding rule: local port → remote host → remote port.
  3. Start the rule. Each rule shows its own status independently.
  • The tunnel session keeps rules alive as long as it is open; closing the session stops its rules.
  • Anything that can reach the local port on your device can use the tunnel — bind carefully if you’re on a shared network.