diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 4b3cbbc2a..119859930 100755
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ PORT=3001
 #Frontend port
 VITE_PORT=5173
 
+# Host/IP to bind servers to (default: 0.0.0.0 for all interfaces)
+# Use 127.0.0.1 to restrict to localhost only
+HOST=0.0.0.0
+
 # Uncomment the following line if you have a custom claude cli path other than the default "claude"
 # CLAUDE_CLI_PATH=claude
 
diff --git a/server/index.js b/server/index.js
index bac8e0bc2..f207cf40a 100755
--- a/server/index.js
+++ b/server/index.js
@@ -1889,6 +1889,9 @@ async function getFileTree(dirPath, maxDepth = 3, currentDepth = 0, showHidden =
 }
 
 const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3001;
+const HOST = process.env.HOST || '0.0.0.0';
+// Show localhost in URL when binding to all interfaces (0.0.0.0 isn't a connectable address)
+const DISPLAY_HOST = HOST === '0.0.0.0' ? 'localhost' : HOST;
 
 // Initialize database and start server
 async function startServer() {
@@ -1908,7 +1911,7 @@ async function startServer() {
             console.log(`${c.warn('[WARN]')} Note: Requests will be proxied to Vite dev server at ${c.dim('http://localhost:' + (process.env.VITE_PORT || 5173))}`);
         }
 
-        server.listen(PORT, '0.0.0.0', async () => {
+        server.listen(PORT, HOST, async () => {
             const appInstallPath = path.join(__dirname, '..');
 
             console.log('');
@@ -1916,7 +1919,7 @@ async function startServer() {
             console.log(`  ${c.bright('Claude Code UI Server - Ready')}`);
             console.log(c.dim('═'.repeat(63)));
             console.log('');
-            console.log(`${c.info('[INFO]')} Server URL:  ${c.bright('http://0.0.0.0:' + PORT)}`);
+            console.log(`${c.info('[INFO]')} Server URL:  ${c.bright('http://' + DISPLAY_HOST + ':' + PORT)}`);
             console.log(`${c.info('[INFO]')} Installed at: ${c.dim(appInstallPath)}`);
             console.log(`${c.tip('[TIP]')}  Run "cloudcli status" for full configuration details`);
             console.log('');
diff --git a/vite.config.js b/vite.config.js
index ee2d943be..48030b288 100755
--- a/vite.config.js
+++ b/vite.config.js
@@ -4,20 +4,26 @@ import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react'
 export default defineConfig(({ command, mode }) => {
   // Load env file based on `mode` in the current working directory.
   const env = loadEnv(mode, process.cwd(), '')
-  
-  
+
+  const host = env.HOST || '0.0.0.0'
+  // When binding to all interfaces (0.0.0.0), proxy should connect to localhost
+  // Otherwise, proxy to the specific host the backend is bound to
+  const proxyHost = host === '0.0.0.0' ? 'localhost' : host
+  const port = env.PORT || 3001
+
   return {
     plugins: [react()],
     server: {
+      host,
       port: parseInt(env.VITE_PORT) || 5173,
       proxy: {
-        '/api': `http://localhost:${env.PORT || 3001}`,
+        '/api': `http://${proxyHost}:${port}`,
         '/ws': {
-          target: `ws://localhost:${env.PORT || 3001}`,
+          target: `ws://${proxyHost}:${port}`,
           ws: true
         },
         '/shell': {
-          target: `ws://localhost:${env.PORT || 3001}`,
+          target: `ws://${proxyHost}:${port}`,
           ws: true
         }
       }