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Share what you built.
Straight from your Mac.

You made something with Cursor or Claude Code, and it only opens on your computer. Openhouse gives it a link anyone can open, in seconds, without deploying a thing. Press play to share. Press pause and it's gone.

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For Mac · macOS 26 Tahoe or later · Your first hour of sharing is free

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Sound familiar?

You sent a localhost link. Nobody could open it.

Today 9:41
Finally finished it! Have a look http://localhost:3000
It says "This site can't be reached"
Is it on your laptop?
…oh.
Read 9:43

It works on your machine. Now it works on theirs.

I’d built something I was quite proud of, then realised I had no idea how to let anyone else see it. Openhouse sorted that bit. Sent the link to a friend and she was trying it on her phone a minute later.
Lucy BennettFirst-time app founder

How it works

Three clicks. No terminal.

Step 1

Open Openhouse.

It finds the projects already running on your Mac. There's nothing to set up and no folders to pick.

Step 2

Press play.

Your project gets a real web address, and the link is copied before you've let go of the mouse.

Step 3

Send it anywhere.

Messages, Slack, email. Whoever opens it sees your project running live, on any device. Every change you save shows up when they refresh.

Step 4

Press pause when you're done.

The link stops working straight away, and visitors see a tidy page saying it's paused, not an error.

NewWorks with your coding tool

Or just ask for the link.

Connect Openhouse to Claude Code, Cursor, Codex or Claude Desktop in one click. Then ask for a link in the chat, and your coding tool shares the project for you.

  • You stay in charge. The first time, Openhouse asks you before anything goes online.
  • Off in an hour. Links your coding tool makes pause themselves unless you say otherwise.
  • Nothing deployed. No hosting account and no copies of your code. The link comes from your Mac.

Coding tools can deploy for you now, too. Those deploys are still online next year.

Every deploy is a door you forgot to lock.

Old projects stay online with your API keys and your data long after you've moved on. Openhouse links close when time's up or when you press pause, and there's nothing left to clean up.

Share for an hour, until tonight, or until you stop. Your project never leaves your Mac.

1 HourTonightUntil I Stop

The link pauses itself when time's up. You get a notification.

Check it on your actual phone.

Scan the code on your Mac and your project opens on your iPhone, on Wi‑Fi or mobile data. The link is secure, so the camera, location and add‑to‑home‑screen work like the real thing.

Most people will open your link on a phone. Now you see what they see, before they do.

Why not just deploy it?

Deploy when it's finished.
Share while it isn't.

A deploy is a copy of your project, rebuilt on someone else's servers. For work in progress, that's slow, it costs money, it spreads your data and keys across other companies' servers, and it leaves things running long after you've moved on.

Deploying itWith Openhouse
Time to a linkDeploying itConnect a repo, set up the build, wait for it to finish. Minutes if it works first time, an afternoon if it doesn't.With OpenhouseSeconds. Press play.
Every changeDeploying itCommit, push and wait for another build.With OpenhouseSave the file. They refresh.
Your databaseDeploying itSign up for a hosted database, move your data across and connect it.With OpenhouseUses the one already on your Mac.
Your data and keysDeploying itClient data and API keys get copied to another company's servers so the prototype works.With OpenhouseBoth stay on your Mac.
CostDeploying itA hosting plan, a database plan and storage, each its own bill once you outgrow the free tier.With OpenhouseOne plan, from £6.67 a month.
When you're doneDeploying itIt stays online until you remember to delete it, along with its database and keys.With OpenhousePress pause and it's gone.

A deploy is a copy. Openhouse shares the real thing.

Who it's for

Whatever you're building, share it as it is.

Pick the one that sounds like you

Get it in front of people while you're still excited about it.

You've built your first app with an AI coding tool. Now you want friends, testers or a would-be investor to try it, ideally today.

Before
Learn hosting, domains and databases, then hope it still works.
With Openhouse
Press play, send the link. They're trying it a minute later.
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Also used in classrooms and bootcamps, at hackathons, and for prototypes built on confidential data.

From the beta

Send the link. Get on with it.

I used to make little screen recordings for clients, which always took longer than it should. Now I just send them a link. They click around, find things I’ve missed and we get to the useful conversation much quicker.
Dan HughesFreelance product designer
I’m usually building something five minutes before a meeting. Having one less thing to sort out is a big deal. Press play, paste the link into Slack, done.
Priya ShahProduct manager
Mostly I use it to check things on my phone. Something looks great on my Mac, I open the link on my iPhone and immediately spot three things that need fixing. Saves a lot of back and forth.
Jamie ClarkeIndie developer
The feedback’s better when people can have a go themselves. Before, I’d be sharing my screen and doing all the clicking. Now I can send it over, leave them to it and hear what they actually think.
Sarah EvansDesign lead

Before you try it

Fair questions, straight answers.

What people usually ask before they try it, answered plainly.

Isn't this just a tunnel?
Underneath, yes. And if you're happy setting up tunnels, picking ports and keeping a terminal window open all afternoon, you probably don't need us. Openhouse is for everyone else: press play, get a link with your name in it, and never think about the word "tunnel" again.
Why pay when hosting has free tiers?
Free tiers are fine for one finished project. The cost is everything else: setting it up each time, the hosted database you also need, the keys you paste around, and the test sites nobody remembers to take down. Openhouse is one price for every project, with nothing to tidy up.
Isn't it risky to open my Mac to the internet?
It isn't opened up. Your Mac makes the connection outwards, so no ports are opened on your router, and visitors can only reach the one project you pressed play on. Nothing else on your Mac is reachable. Press pause and even that's gone.
Could a stranger stumble on my link?
Only if you send it to them. Every link tells search engines not to list it, and when you press pause it stops working everywhere, including anywhere it's been forwarded.
What if my Mac goes to sleep mid-review?
Visitors see your paused page, not an error. Openhouse keeps your Mac awake while something is live, and links come back by themselves when it wakes.
So when should I deploy instead?
When it's finished, when it needs to be up around the clock, or when thousands of people will use it at once. For showing work to a few people, it's as quick as your internet connection. Openhouse is for everything before launch.
Will it look like it's coming from my laptop?
No. Visitors get a normal web address with your name in it, opened in their own browser. No downloads, no warning pages, nothing to click through first.
What happens to my links if I stop paying?
They pause. Your projects were never anywhere but your Mac, so there's nothing to export or move.

Pricing

One plan. Any size of team.

One price for every project you share, with no hosting, database or storage bills on top. Buy a seat for yourself, or for everyone who builds things.

£80/ seat / year

Works out at £6.67 a month

Seats
1
£80 a year in total
  • Share as many projects as you like, live at the same time
  • Your own name in every link
  • Share timers and the paused page
  • Share straight from Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and Claude Desktop
  • Every update, as soon as it ships
  • Add seats any time and send each person an invite link

Your first hour of sharing is free. No card needed.

Prices include VAT where it applies.

Questions

New to Openhouse? Start with the getting started guide.

Do I need to know how to code?
No. If you built something with an AI coding tool and it's running on your Mac, Openhouse finds it. You never type a command.
What is localhost, anyway?
It's the address your computer uses for itself, like localhost:3000. It works for you and nobody else, which is why sending it to someone never works. Openhouse gives your project a real address anyone can reach.
Which coding tools does it work with?
Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Claude Desktop and VS Code. In Openhouse, open Settings, choose Coding tools and press Connect next to the ones you use. Then ask for a link in the chat. Openhouse checks with you the first time.
Which projects work?
Anything already running on your Mac can be shared. Openhouse can also start Vite and Next.js projects for you, which covers most apps made with AI coding tools.
Does the person I send it to need anything?
No. It's a normal web link. It opens in any browser, on any device.
Can I buy it for my team?
Yes. Choose how many seats you need and pay once for everyone. You get an invite link for each seat, and anyone who opens one gets Openhouse on your subscription. Add or remove seats any time from Settings, and it all comes on one invoice.
Which Macs does it run on?
Any Mac running macOS 26 Tahoe or later, Apple silicon or Intel.
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Download Openhouse, press play, and send someone a link to the real thing, running on your Mac.

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Free for your first hour of sharing · No account needed · macOS 26 Tahoe or later