The Local Preview Tool No One's Talking About

You haven't heard of Sher yet, but you should have. It's a CLI tool that generates instant preview URLs for local development projects — and it's sitting at 1 vote despite being genuinely useful.

The Problem It Solves

Every developer knows this pain: you're working locally, need to show someone your progress, and your options are either pushing to GitHub and deploying to Vercel (overkill for a quick demo) or walking over to their desk (if you're lucky enough to be in the same building).

Sher solves this with one command. It detects your framework (Vite, Next.js, Astro, etc.), spins up a secure tunnel, and gives you a shareable URL in seconds.

Why It's Better Than Alternatives

Unlike generic tunneling tools, Sher is framework-aware. It knows how to handle different dev servers, manages ports intelligently, and provides a clean interface specifically designed for sharing development previews.

The setup is instant — no account creation, no configuration files, just install and run. It's freemium with video demos showing exactly how it works.

Why More Developers Should Know About This

This is the kind of tool that saves 15 minutes every time you use it, and you end up using it multiple times per week. Compare that to the friction of creating a throw-away Vercel deployment just to share a quick preview.

The fact that it only has 1 vote suggests the discovery problem in developer tools is real. Good, focused solutions are getting buried under the hype of larger platforms.

If you're building anything locally that you need to share with others, check out Sher. It's the kind of simple, focused tool that just works.