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title: Friendly URLs for Sharing Orbs
link: https://ampcode.com/news/friendly-urls-for-sharing-orbs
source: ampcode-com
published: 2026-08-23T00:00:00Z
updated: 2026-08-23T00:00:00Z
first_seen: 2026-10-03T23:09:50.514863041Z
summary: We use orb portals all the time to share what we're builing and get feedback. But the URLs were ugly and auto-generated. So, we made them nice and friendly. Now, instead of sharing t-01a0095e-9568-whatever-p1234.onamp.dev, you can share foo--yourname.onamp.dev or even use your own domain like park.mixfox.org (which is on an orb, basically). This is especially nice when a portal is a long-lived application, not just a preview of changes to your local dev server. And that's increasingly how teams are using portals. Click the in the Portal tab to set the hostname, or ask Amp to do it for you in an orb. You can set up a personal custom domain or a workspace custom domain, or just customize the hostname prefix before --yourname.onamp.dev.
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We use [orb portals](https://ampcode.com/manual/orbs#portals) all the time to share what we're builing and get feedback.

But the URLs were ugly and auto-generated. So, we made them nice and friendly. Now, instead of sharing `t-01a0095e-9568-whatever-p1234.onamp.dev`, you can share `foo--yourname.onamp.dev` or even use your own domain like [park.mixfox.org](https://park.mixfox.org/) (which is on an orb, basically).

![Sharing an orb portal in Slack with a rich preview and an Open Portal button](https://static.ampcode.com/news/friendly-orb-slack-preview-20260823.png)

This is especially nice when a portal is a long-lived application, not just a preview of changes to your local dev server. And that's increasingly how teams are using portals.

Click the in the Portal tab to set the hostname, or ask Amp to do it for you in an orb. You can set up a [personal custom domain](https://ampcode.com/settings/domains) or a [workspace custom domain](https://ampcode.com/workspace/domains), or just customize the hostname prefix before `--yourname.onamp.dev`.

![The Portal Hostname dialog with a friendly onamp.dev hostname](https://static.ampcode.com/news/friendly-orb-hostname-dialog-20260823.png?v=2)