Ambit CLI

What Ambit Is

Ambit deploys apps to the cloud in a way that makes them completely unreachable from the public internet. Only devices enrolled in the user's private Tailscale network can connect to them. From the outside world's perspective, the app does not exist — there is no IP address to find, no port to scan.

This matters because putting a database, dashboard, or internal tool on the normal internet forces you to build login pages, configure firewalls, and harden the app against strangers. Ambit skips all of that. Access control is handled at the network level: if a device is on the Tailscale network, it can reach the app; if it isn't, the connection is refused before the app ever sees it.

Each private network you create is called an ambit. Every app deployed to it gets a human-readable address under that network's name — so http://my-app.lab means the my-app application on the lab ambit. These addresses work automatically for any device enrolled in the user's Tailscale account.

Installation

Run directly via npx — no global install needed:

npx @cardelli/ambit

How It Works