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Do I need to use Smee? #24423
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What if I already have ngrok or localtunnel installed? |
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No, you don’t have to use Smee. Both ngrok and localtunnel will work just fine if you prefer them. However, Smee has several advantages for first-time GitHub App developers that make the steps in this Quickstart easier to follow. For example, Smee runs entirely on its own server. Smee also gives you a unique domain that will never stop working for your app, so you can stop and start the Smee client without having to update your app settings with a new domain. |
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@lee-dohm Is it ever possible that two separate apps would have the same smee url? I imagine it’s highly unlikely since there is 36^15 possibilities/ |
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If you use the randomly generated ID, then you are correct. But there’s nothing preventing you from picking your own ID for example. Doing a quick search on the repository though, I found this issue which may make the situation clearer. I hope that helps! |
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Thank you my friend |
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No, you don’t have to use Smee. Both ngrok and localtunnel will work just fine if you prefer them. However, Smee has several advantages for first-time GitHub App developers that make the steps in this Quickstart easier to follow. For example, Smee runs entirely on its own server. Smee also gives you a unique domain that will never stop working for your app, so you can stop and start the Smee client without having to update your app settings with a new domain.