Farcaster Devs

The web Developer Tools just got a new fresh coat of paint!

The tools are focused on validating, previewing and publishing your mini apps.

We removed building the json builder since starter projects and other tools can help with that (more to come).
We also removed localhost support because it didn't work well and it was a source of frustration for devs, we recommend using a tunnel instead.

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Remember if you’re using a tunnel like ngrok, the free version can mess up the manifest because of the approval page that appears on first load. 

Use a paid version or easily host on Vercel

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So this means you have to deploy each time to see a change?

Tech Lead at Rootstock Labs. Born in Colorado, based in Cyprus.

Thanks. I’m fairly new to it, a few weeks now. The localhost route was straightforward.

For most testing you don’t need the manifest to work so you can use a free tunnel. 

But for testing the features which require the manifest works (saving the mini app or notifications) a paid version of ngrok or vercel is a great option 

With integrations between GitHub and Vercel each push auto deploys making it easy to quickly iterate.

But a free ngrok tunnel works to quickly iterate on other features