Sher: The Unglamorous Tool That Saves 10 Minutes Every Day

You haven't heard of Sher, but you should have it bookmarked. It's a freemium CLI tool that generates instant preview URLs for local development projects — think ngrok but simpler and focused on common dev frameworks.

The Daily Developer Frustration

Here's the scenario: you're working on a feature in your local Vite/Next.js/Astro project and need to show it to someone. Your options are:

1. Deploy to Vercel (overkill for a quick preview)
2. Push to GitHub and set up a preview deployment (even more overkill)
3. Walk over to their desk (if you're in the same office, which you're not)
4. Take screenshots (which never capture the interaction)

Sher solves this with one command that creates a shareable URL for your local dev server.

Why It's Better Than Alternatives

Unlike ngrok, which is general-purpose tunneling, Sher is built specifically for web development workflows. It understands popular frameworks and their dev server patterns out of the box.

The freemium model means you can try it immediately without signup friction. For daily use, the paid tiers are reasonable compared to maintaining preview deployment infrastructure.

The Unglamorous Tools That Matter

Sher has only 1 vote on Product Hunt, but it solves a problem every developer faces multiple times per week. These are the tools that matter most — not the flashy AI demos, but the utilities that eliminate daily friction.

The video demo on their site shows exactly what you need to know in 30 seconds. No marketing fluff, just "here's the command, here's what happens, here's the URL."

Bookmark sher.sh for the next time you need to share a local dev preview. Your teammates will wonder why they're still pushing to staging branches.