Ever switched between office Wi-Fi, home Wi-Fi, Ethernet, or a mobile hotspot and had to update your development server's IP address again?

That's the problem I'm trying to solve with AUTONET , an open-source, cross-platform networking tool built in Rust.

The Problem

When developing web or mobile applications, your machine can have multiple IP addresses from Wi-Fi, Ethernet, Docker, virtual machines, and VPNs.

Finding the correct address to access your local development server from another device can become frustrating.

For example, your application might be running on localhost:3000 , but you want to test it from your phone.

Which IP address should you use?

What AUTONET Does

AUTONET inspects your machine's network interfaces and routing information to select a suitable IP address for local development.

Some of its capabilities include:

Automatic IP selection — Finds a suitable local network address.

Network change detection — Monitors changes between Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and other interfaces.

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