Localtunnel running problem, doesn't work at all

Question

I installed localtunnel globaly by runnnig this command npm install -g localtunnel.

After that when I run lt --port 8080, absolutely nothing happens. Does anyone know why?

Caloric

Use a Cloudflare tunnel instead: developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/… – Lalittah

Answer 1

It appears that the author isn't maintaining Local Tunnel much these days, but there was a helpful comment on the github issue dealing with this. At the time of writing this, you can generate a Local Tunnel with

lt -h "http://serverless.social" -p 8080

Dissimilate

Answer 2

Try

lt -p 8080 -h http://localtunnel.me

And in the URL you get, replace the "https" with "http". Maybe don't open it with Google Chrome but with Safari instead, but Google Chrome might work, too.

For more information see: https://github.com/localtunnel/localtunnel/issues/332

Simony

Answer 3

I ran into the same issue on my raspberry pi. You need to validate your npm and localtunnel installation. Check if you get valid results for npm --version. If not, reinstalling npm will fix the problem. In case you installed localtunnel locally (instead of the -g option), you may have to use the command like: npx localtunnel --port <port>

Catechize

Answer 4

It seems like localtunnel is currently down. Click here to go to the github issues page for more information and updates

Monteria

Of course you could use ngrok.io instead of localtunnel, the only difference between the two is that ngrok.io doesn't support custom subdomains in their free plan. – Monteria

Answer 5

run this

lt -h "https://serverless.social" -p 8080

it should work

Corelation

Answer 6

After "npm install -g localtunnel" try this:

C:\> npx lt -p 8080 -s myserver --print-requests
your url is: https://myserver.loca.lt

Or without -s param to get a random URL.

Ban

Answer 7

I did a simple thing though insecure to host it:

lt --port 443 -h "http://localtunnel.me" -s myhost

and then in another tab:

python3 -m http.server 443

This worked for me. The consequence was that the device on which I was accessing my site showed complete root directory(I am sure there are configurations to be made to prevent this)

Cynar

Answer 8

change the port from 8080 to 8000 the issue might be because of on port 8080 there is something already running .

Condense

Answer 9

LocalTunnel is refusing to connect when using node 18. I've downgraded to 16 and it's working fine. I don't know the reason, but it seems to be IPv6 related.

If you're having trouble with it, try running with DEBUG:

export DEBUG="localtunnel:*" && lt --port 8080

For reference, this is the error I seen when using node 18 with the DEBUG flag:

localtunnel:client local error connect ECONNREFUSED ::1:3939 +0ms

Bracknell

Answer 10

First Check the Error you are getting by using this command you can debug it.

command:

export DEBUG="localtunnel:*" && npx lt -p 8000 --print-requests

if you are getting ECONNREFUSED error like this:

localtunnel:client local error connect ECONNREFUSED ::1:8000

then

You can fix this problem by just running the localtunnel on host 127.0.0.1 use this command:

lt -l 127.0.0.1 --port 8080

It should work now

Aegrotat