Show HN: I built a tool to sync localStorage between devices

3 meistertigran 4 7/15/2025, 10:27:14 PM htmlsync.io ↗
At my day job, we have a daily async stand-up. We have to message a slack bot how many hours we have worked on a given task that day and overall.

The format is:

> Task: "Task Name" | Worked: 5h Total: 16h > Description: Finished implementation of feature.

I don't complain. Most fully remote jobs come with a version of this, but doing it manually got tedious. So, I needed a simple app that would track this.

I am not usually a fan of "vibe coded" apps, but this was an ideal candidate for it, since it's not production code. Most LLMs solve the problem by creating a single HTML file with forms that save data to localStorage. This was perfect for me - no hosting, no DB, no backend. Just 15 mins of prompting.

One day I was outside, just with my phone, and of course I couldn't use the app. I thought "how hard can it be to synchronize localStorage data across devices?". Turns out, it's not that hard, if you are ready to build a whole platform around it.

https://htmlsync.io does just that. You upload your HTML app that works with localStorage and get a subdomain for it. The tool automatically synchronizes your changes across devices. You can create private and public apps, can decide which keys to synchronize by using the "no_sync_" prefix. The "public-hidden" CSS class can be used to hide UI elements in public view. You also get a subdomain for your profile where all your apps are listed for easy access.

I hope you find this as useful as I did.

I'd also appreciate your feedback if you end up using it.

Comments (4)

duxup · 1h ago
Is there a good demo that shows ... how this looks / works?

The site mentions a video, but I can't find it.

meistertigran · 1h ago
There's a button on the homepage "Watch How It Works", does that not open for you?

Here's a link to the video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbKFCEUy2ps.

duxup · 1h ago
Watch button works, I just missed it and went to the FAQ that mentions the video there, but the FAQ doesn't link to it. My bad, TY.
meistertigran · 1h ago
No problem. You can use the upload form on the homepage as well, it doesn't require a sign up.