And if you are wondering, if you can just point your browser to a local unix socket (without setting up a proxy - which will listen on... local tcp port), then

And if you are wondering, if you can just point your browser to a local unix socket (without setting up a proxy - which will listen on... local tcp port), then no, but maybe some day? Anyway: - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1688774 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1688774 - [open] "Support HTTP over unix domain sockets" - 4 years old, last activity 7 months ago, - https://issues.chromium.org/issues/40402523 https://issues.chromium.org/issues/40402523 - [closed; won't fix] "[ENH] Support HTTP over Unix Sockets via http://localhost:[/tmp/socket]/foo http://localhost:[/tmp/socket]/foo convention " - 9 years old, last activity 11 months ago.