# nilbuild/slim

Give your localhost a local or public URL

Repository: https://github.com/nilbuild/slim
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nilbuild-slim
Homepage: https://slim.sh
Language: Go
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-06-21T02:07:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 73/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 88, release rhythm 89, longevity 13
- inputs: {"age_days": 188, "days_push": 74, "days_rel": 74, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 10}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1943, forks 126 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:57.472555+00:00)

## What it is
Slim is a Go CLI tool that maps localhost ports to clean HTTPS domains like myapp.test with trusted certificates, and can expose local servers via public slim.show tunnel URLs. It supports path-based routing to multiple ports, YAML config for multi-service projects, and password-protected or expiring shared URLs.

## Use cases
- give my localhost a clean https domain instead of localhost:3000
- share my local dev server with a teammate via a public url
- route /api on one domain to a different backend port
- set up multiple local services with one config file
- get trusted https certificates for .test domains locally
- demo a local app publicly without deploying
- create a password-protected temporary tunnel with auto-expiry

## When to choose
- you want zero-config HTTPS local domains with trusted certs on macOS or Linux
- you need to quickly share a local server over the internet with optional password and TTL
- you run several local services and want path-based routing and a single up/down command

## When to avoid
- you need a production-grade reverse proxy or tunnel with high traffic and SLAs
- you require Windows support or a GUI
- you need advanced load balancing, auth middleware, or observability features of nginx/traefik

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: proxy, http-server, networking, developer-tools, security
- domain: web-development, developer-tools, networking
- platform: cli, go
- tags: local-domains, https-certificates, tunnel, localhost, reverse-proxy, dev-environment, public-url, command-line, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- nilbuild/slim (main) score 73

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:57.472555+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:08:02.346784+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nilbuild/slim (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:57.472555+00:00, sha 2c00947d20dc)
  - homepage: https://slim.sh (fetched 2026-08-29T10:47:05.275253+00:00, sha b7387223e886)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.