APP VERTEX
App Vertex: secure app exposure for teams, agents, and builders.
Expose local, private, containerized, and internal apps through secure programmable URLs with authentication, firewall rules, analytics, and lifecycle controls.
Turn localhost into globalhost. Share a working app, preview, dashboard, tool, or runtime without opening inbound ports or building custom infrastructure.
nv app expose http://localhost:3000 --name demo --auth passkey --analytics
https://nodevertex.com/acme/apps/demoThe Vertex Firewall protects it. Analytics measures it. App Vertex routes it.
WHAT IS APP VERTEX?
A governed application surface, not just a tunnel.
An App Vertex is a secure programmable URL for an application target. The target can stay on your laptop, in Docker, inside a private network, in a home lab, or in a temporary runtime.
App Vertex is not just a tunnel. It is a governed application surface. Every exposed app can inherit policy, authentication, analytics, routing, expiration, and audit from the Node Vertex fabric.
HOW IT WORKS
From private app to secure URL in five steps.
1. Start with an app
Local, private, containerized, internal, or home lab service.
2. Expose it
Create an App Vertex with the CLI or dashboard.
3. Apply controls
Add passkeys, signed links, method rules, firewall policy, analytics, and expiration.
4. Share the URL
Give developers, customers, agents, or operators a secure app surface.
5. Monitor or connect
Expire access, inspect usage, or connect the app to workflows and agent handoffs.
USE CASES
Built for developers, enterprises, agents, and builders.
Developer previews
Share work in progress without deploying a preview stack.
Customer demos
Send expiring, authenticated demo environments with analytics.
Internal tools
Put admin panels and dashboards behind policy-protected URLs.
AI agent runtimes
Expose tool UIs, sandboxes, and runtime dashboards to authorized reviewers.
Containers and private services
Expose Docker, VMs, and private network services through outbound connectivity.
Home labs and personal cloud
Access your own apps without router pain, DNS work, or open inbound ports.
Incident response portals
Create temporary operational surfaces for response teams.
Temporary client portals
Share limited-lifetime apps, reports, and workspaces.
WHY IT IS DIFFERENT
App Vertex starts where secure tunnels stop.
It does not just forward traffic; it adds policy, identity, analytics, lifecycle, state, workflows, and agent handoffs around the URL.
nv app expose http://localhost:3000 --name demo --auth passkey --analytics --ttl 24hExpose an app. Then grow into the vertex fabric.
Every workflow starts with a vertex.
Create an App Vertex