moyo-expose

Expose your local development server on your LAN and instantly generate a QR code to open the app on your phone.

✅ Works with Next.js
✅ Works with Vite
✅ Auto-detects your local IP
✅ Generates a QR code in the terminal
✅ Zero configuration

📦 Installation

Global install (recommended)

npm install -g moyo-expose

Now you can run:

moyo-expose --next

or

moyo-expose --vite

Local project install

npm install moyo-expose --save-dev

Then add a script in package.json:

"scripts": {
  "expose": "moyo-expose --next"
}

Run it:

npm run expose

🚀 Usage

For Next.js projects

moyo-expose --next

For Vite projects

moyo-expose --vite

✅ What it does

When you run the command:

• Detects an available port (default 3000)
• Finds your local network IP
• Starts your dev server
• Prints both local and LAN URLs
• Displays a QR code you can scan on your phone

Example output:

Local:   http://localhost:3000
Network: http://192.168.0.45:3000

Scan this QR code to open the app on your phone:
▇▇▀▇▇█▄...

✅ Why use this?

Perfect when developing on a laptop and testing the UI on:

• Android
• iPhone/iOS
• Tablets
• Multiple devices on the same Wi-Fi

No more manually typing IP addresses.

⚠️ Requirements

• Node 14+
• A Wi-Fi network (phone + computer must be on the same network)

🛠 Supported frameworks

| Framework | Status | | --------- | ------- | | Next.js | ✅ Works | | Vite | ✅ Works |

React Native support is planned.

📌 CLI Options

| Flag | Description | | -------- | ------------------------ | | --next | Start Next.js dev server | | --vite | Start Vite dev server |

👤 Author

Anaclet Mwela Email: [email protected]

📄 License

MIT License Free to use, modify, and distribute.

Happy coding! 🚀