# Deploying apps remotely

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/deploying-apps-remotely/18024>\
**Category:** Developers\
**Created:** [September 11, 2019, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/deploying-apps-remotely/18024 "2019-09-11T13:56:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![ady.mare](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ady.mare/32/15415_2.png) [@ady.mare](https://community.homey.app/u/ady.mare)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/deploying-apps-remotely/18024/1 "2019-09-11T13:56:13Z")

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Hey guys,

Since Homey has decided to not allow remote development through athom-cli, I am looking for a way to do this while I’m not at home and the only option I have found so far is to have a VPN to my router, for my remote computer to be connected directly to my LAN.

Aren’t there any other solutions like:

- A VPN directly to Homey
- A VPN client from Homey to a custom OpenVPN server
- A web IDE able to develop apps
- A website to upload a ZIP archive containing an app?

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![ArnoP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/arnop/32/13709_2.png) [@ArnoP](https://community.homey.app/u/ArnoP)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 3:15am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/deploying-apps-remotely/18024/2 "2019-09-12T03:15:29Z")

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What’s wrong with a VPN to your LAN (router)?

Whichever option too choose I would stay far from VPN from or to Homey itself. VPN does use quite some resources encrypting and decrypting traffic. Not something I would have my Homey do, it’s already busy enough handling the normal flows and stuff…