# Install localtunnel with npm

Expose localhost to the world. Version 2.0.2 via npm; verified 2021-09-18.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:localtunnel
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g localtunnel
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:localtunnel
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/localtunnel>
- **Version:** 2.0.2
- **Source summary:** Expose localhost to the world
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/localtunnel/localtunnel#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/localtunnel/localtunnel>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/localtunnel/localtunnel#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/localtunnel/-/localtunnel-2.0.2.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/localtunnel/localtunnel/issues>
- **Published:** 2021-09-18T16:23:44.932Z
- **Last updated:** 2021-09-18T16:23:44.932Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- lt (cli)

## Dependencies

- axios
- debug
- openurl
- yargs

## Build dependencies

- mocha

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 2.0.2
- Package-manager updated: 2021-09-18
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/localtunnel/localtunnel
- warning: The package-manager record has not been updated in over a year.
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for localtunnel. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 2.0.2
- **Version Count:** 33
- **Maintainers:** defunctzombie
- **Author:** Roman Shtylman
- **Publisher:** defunctzombie
- **Engines:** Node: >=8.3.0
- **Integrity:** sha512-n418Cn5ynvJd7m/N1d9WVJISLJF/ellZnfsLnx8WBWGzxv/ntNcFkJ1o6se5quUhCplfLGBNL5tYHiq5WF3Nug==
- **Shasum:** 528d50087151c4790f89c2db374fe7b0a48501f0
- **Unpacked Size:** 24,531
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2012-06-18T18:56:22.303Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2021-09-18T16:23:44.932Z
- **Modified At:** 2023-11-07T05:01:26.370Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - localtunnel: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/lo/localtunnel/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [localtunnel](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/localtunnel/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, localhost, localtunnel, lt, networking.
- [ngrok](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/ngrok/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, localhost, localtunnel, networking, tunneling.
- [untun](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/untun/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, networking, tunnel, tunneling, world.
- [localtunnel](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/localtunnel/) - Same normalized package name exists in another local package ecosystem.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph