v2.0.0

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.

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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"