Ovenlight
Open the web apps you run on your own computers, full screen on your iPhone, over a private connection.
Who it's for
Ovenlight is for people who build or run small web apps on their own computers and want them on their iPhone without putting them on the internet. It's also for the friends they share those apps with, who need nothing but Ovenlight.
What it does
Your apps, full screen
Each app opens from a launcher that works like your Home Screen, and keeps its own storage on your iPhone, separate from the others.
A private connection, built in
Ovenlight reaches your computers over your own Tailscale network through a connection built into the app. Your iPhone needs no VPN and no Tailscale app.
One unlock
Face ID or your passcode opens all your apps at once. While Ovenlight is locked, no app can use the camera or microphone.
Share one app, not your computer
A friend you invite can open that one app and reach none of your other devices.
How sharing works
You make an app shareable once, on the computer that runs it.
You send an invite from Ovenlight or from that computer: a link or a QR code that works once and expires after a day.
Your friend opens it on their iPhone and taps Join, with no account to create and nothing to sign in to.
The app shows up in their Ovenlight marked with your name, and they can send you feedback from inside it.
What you need
An iPhone with iOS 18.1 or later.
To run your own apps, you also need a Mac with macOS 13 or later that stays on while you use them, a Tailscale account, and the Ovenlight connector on the Mac.
Support walks through the setup.