Ovenlight: Private Web Apps
Open & share self-hosted apps
Only for iPhone
Free
iPhone
Some apps are made for a few people, not the whole internet. Anyone you share yours with needs only Ovenlight. Works with Mac, Linux and Windows.
Ovenlight brings the web apps you run on your own computer to your iPhone, behind Face ID. Share any one of them with a friend through a single-use invite: they get that app, never your computer.
Got an invite? Install Ovenlight, then open your invite link again. There is no account to create.
YOUR OWN APPS
• Publish a web app on your computer with the free Ovenlight connector, a command-line tool. In Ovenlight, choose Use My Own Computers and sign in once, and your apps show up on their own.
• Each app opens full screen. Use Edit Apps to arrange them.
SHARING WITH FRIENDS
• Once you've made an app shareable from the connector on your computer, invite someone from People & Sharing. Ovenlight makes a link and a QR code that work once, on one phone, for 7 days.
• Their phone reaches only the apps you invited them to: not the other apps on your computer, and none of your other devices.
• Notes and screenshots they send with Send Feedback arrive on your computer, and you can read them in People & Sharing.
• Remove someone from an app whenever you like. Their access ends at once, and Ovenlight deletes the app and everything it stored from their phone the next time it connects.
IF A FRIEND INVITED YOU
You need only Ovenlight: no account to create and no VPN to set up. Open the invite you were sent, or choose Join with Invite, and the app appears in your Ovenlight. Leaving removes that friend's apps and everything they stored on your iPhone.
PRIVACY AND SECURITY
• There is no Ovenlight account, and no analytics, ads or tracking.
• Snowy Ghost runs no servers your apps pass through. Each app comes from the computer that hosts it, over an encrypted private connection.
• Connections use Tailscale. Its service sees basic device details (such as a device name and IP address) and how well the connection works, but not what's in your apps.
• Ovenlight locks with Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode, and locks again after a minute in the background. In Settings, you can choose a different time or turn the lock off.
• Each app keeps its own separate storage.
WHAT YOU NEED
• An iPhone with iOS 18.1 or later.
• To run your own apps: a Mac (macOS 13 or later), a Linux computer with systemd or a Windows 11 PC, running the free Ovenlight connector, and a Tailscale account. Download the connector from ovenlight.app/support.
• The computer that hosts an app must be on and awake while anyone uses that app, and a Mac must also be logged in. When it's asleep or off, its apps can't open.
• Friends you invite need only Ovenlight.
Something not working? Choose Report a Problem in any app's menu.
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Tailscale is a trademark of Tailscale Inc. Ovenlight is made by Snowy Ghost and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Tailscale.
• Apps now open with Ovenlight's bar tucked away, and it stays hidden when you scroll up, so nothing covers the page. Tap the handle at the top of the screen, or pull down at the top of the page, to bring it back.
• You can now turn Ovenlight's lock off in Settings. Ovenlight first checks it's you with Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode.
• If iOS closes Ovenlight in the background, reopening it before it's due to lock no longer asks you to unlock.
• When an app can't open, Ovenlight says why: your iPhone is offline, the app's computer is asleep or off, or the app isn't running.
• Sign Out in Settings now also removes the apps found on your own computers from this iPhone, along with what they stored on it. Choose Use My Own Computers and sign in again, and the apps come back.
• VoiceOver now announces what's happening, such as joining or sending feedback. Ovenlight's Settings, lock screen and app grid lay out cleanly at the largest text sizes, and secondary text follows Increase Contrast.
• Fixes a crash and several ways a page could freeze Ovenlight.
The developer, Snowy Ghost LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Identifiers
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Snowy Ghost LLC
- Size
- 32.6 MB
- Category
- Developer Tools
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.1 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Contains
Messaging and Chat
- Copyright
- © 2026 Snowy Ghost LLC