Cloudflare Introduces Quick Tunnels for Instant Public URLs and RAM Optimization Efforts

One command turns the server on your laptop into a public, encrypted URL on Cloudflare's edge. No account. No DNS. No open ports.

cloudflared tunnel --url http://localhost:8000

See how it works

335+ CITIES~3S TO URL0 PORTS OPENEDFREE

Your laptop stays private. The URL goes everywhere.

cloudflared opens an outbound-only connection to the nearest edge location. Traffic to your tunnel URL rides Cloudflare's network back to your machine — encrypted, DDoS-filtered, and never touching an inbound port.

01 · YOUR MACHINE localhost:8000 Any framework, any port. Nothing inbound.

02 · CLOUDFLARE EDGE quiet-marble-otter-canyon.trycloudflare.com TLSDDoS filterAnycast335+ cities

03 · ANYONE, ANYWHERE Teammates & agentsBrowsers, webhooks, eval harnesses.

~3sInstant setup

No sign-up, no config file, no waiting on DNS. The URL prints before your coffee cools.

0Ports opened

Outbound-only. Automatic HTTPS and edge DDoS mitigation come with every tunnel.

335+Cities on the edge

A reviewer in Tokyo and a webhook in Frankfurt both hit the edge nearest them.

BUILT FOR THE AGENT ERA

Your agent needs a URL, not a laptop.

Coding agents build, test, and review in loops. A Quick Tunnel gives every loop a real, reachable address — for a screenshot service, a webhook, an eval harness, or a human who wants to click around.

01 Structured output Hostname, edge, and health as JSON on stdout — no regex on logs.

02 Webhook-ready Point Stripe, GitHub, or your own callbacks at a live URL instead of fixtures.

03 Ephemeral by design The tunnel dies with the process. Nothing to revoke, nothing to clean up.

agent-runner — zsh

cloudflared tunnel --url http://localhost:8000 --output json

Install. Run. Share.

macOSWindowsLinux

01Install cloudflared

From your package manager or GitHub releases. No login required.

brew install cloudflared

02Run your app

Any web server, any port, any stack you already use.

npm run dev

03Open the tunnel

Certificates, routing, and DDoS protection are handled for you.

cloudflared tunnel --url http://localhost:8000

04Share the link

Send it to a teammate, a webhook, or an agent.

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