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  1. v2.0.0

    latest

    Added

    • HTTPS for every alias, with the certificate issued automatically when you switch it on.
    • Alias changes are applied for you, coalesced behind a single administrator prompt instead of a manual apply step.
    • You can uninstall everything from inside the app.
    • An offline page for aliases whose dev server isn't running, instead of a bare connection error.
    • Stack detection for the projects you add.
    • An option to start the app at login.
    • A rescan action to pick up projects again without restarting.
    • Onboarding opens on its own the first time you launch the app.
    • A website with a download page, an FAQ, and the list of releases.

    Fixed

    • A renewed certificate now actually reaches the wire; previously the old one stayed in use.
    • The forwarder failed to start when the app was launched behind the administrator prompt.
    • Paths inside the packaged app resolved as if it were a development build.

    Changed

    • Aliases now default to the .test suffix and .local is gone, removing the roughly five seconds it added to every request.
    • Traffic is handed off by a raw TCP forwarder rather than the previous HTTP proxy.
    • The interface is a single page — project grid, drawers (now wider) and status in the corner — and the navigation rail is gone.
    • A root helper means you are asked for administrator rights once per launch rather than on each change, and the dashboard button drives that prompt through the tray.
    • The tray menu lists only aliases that are actually live.

    Localhost Aliases 2.0.0 — 2026-08-26. macOS 13 or later, Apple Silicon.

    Download: LocalhostAliases-2.0.0.dmg (91.0 MB)

    sha256  178441ba0c0f50a1077929e033cd015a898cce1107a11254c8cd943434d4cfb4
size    90960722 bytes

    Verify the download before opening it:

    shasum -a 256 LocalhostAliases-2.0.0.dmg
spctl -a -vvv -t install "/Volumes/Localhost Aliases/LocalhostAliases.app"
xcrun stapler validate "/Volumes/Localhost Aliases/LocalhostAliases.app"
    LocalhostAliases-2.0.0.dmg91.0 MBmacOS 13.0+Apple Silicon (arm64)

    sha256

    178441ba0c0f50a1077929e033cd015a898cce1107a11254c8cd943434d4cfb4

    Verify it before you open it: run shasum -a 256 LocalhostAliases-2.0.0.dmg in the folder you downloaded to and check that the output matches this line, character for character.

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