navig-devhost

Give any local dev server a real .test domain over trusted HTTPS in one command (hosts + mkcert + raw TLS relay), wired into navig devhost.

Works on its own — its own CLI, no navig required · v0.2.0 · PyPI

On its own (no navig needed)

pip install navig-devhost
navig-devhost --help   # no navig needed

With navig

pip install navig-devhost
navig devhost --help

Local .test domains with trusted HTTPS for any dev server — one command, any project.

Turn http://localhost:7645 into https://cybesis.test without per-project proxy scripts. A first-party navig plugin (free, toggleable) that wires together the three pieces every local dev domain needs:

1. a hosts entry on a dedicated loopback (coexists with your other .test sites on :443),
2. a trusted mkcert certificate (real padlock, no browser warnings),
3. a raw TLS relay in front of your plain-HTTP dev server.

No Playwright/nginx/Caddy — the relay is pure stdlib ssl/socket, and it terminates TLS then pipes bytes verbatim, so keep-alive, SSE, and WebSocket/HMR pass through untouched.

Install

py -3.13 -m pip install -e plugins/navig-devhost   # into navig's Python (Windows)
python3 -m pip install -e plugins/navig-devhost     # macOS/Linux
navig plugin list          # → navig-devhost … + wired
navig devhost doctor       # check mkcert + admin

Prereq: mkcert (winget install FiloSottile.mkcert), then mkcert -install once so its CA is trusted.

Use

# 1) register (adds hosts entry on next free 127.0.0.x + issues a cert) — needs admin
navig devhost add cybesis.test --port 7645

# 2) start your dev server however you normally do (→ http://localhost:7645)

# 3) run the relay (foreground; Ctrl+C to stop)
navig devhost up cybesis.test        # or: navig devhost up   (serves all registered)
#  🔒 https://cybesis.test  →  http://127.0.0.1:7645

Open https://cybesis.test.

Commands

Everything supports --json for scripting.

Notes / gotchas

• Dedicated loopback per site (127.0.0.2, .3, …) so each .test can own :443 and coexist — matching the established house convention. add auto-picks the next free one.
• Admin is needed only for add/remove (they edit the system hosts file). up/list/status need no elevation — Windows doesn't gate ports < 1024.
• Next.js dev: to silence the cross-origin dev warning under the new host, add allowedDevOrigins: ['<domain>'] to next.config.js. (Vite needs nothing.)
• State lives in <navig config>/devhost/ (registry.json + certs/).

_{First-party navig plugin · Apache-2.0 · reuses navig's hosts plumbing; zero Python deps.}