Copy your IP address

Click the IP-address box to copy the displayed address to your clipboard. A short confirmation appears when the address has been copied successfully. The app itself does not need an account, and nothing is saved by the app.

How it works

The app shows the public IP address your Internet connection is currently using. Your IP address is obtained through an external IP-address service. The service receives your request and returns the IP address it sees for your connection. No other information from this app is sent to the service, and the app does not store your IP address.

What is an IP address?

An IP address (Internet Protocol address) is a number that identifies a device or network connection when it communicates over the Internet. Think of it as an address used by computers and networks to know where Internet traffic should be sent.

There are two main versions in common use: IPv4 and IPv6. IPv4 addresses look like 192.0.2.42, while IPv6 addresses are much longer and use hexadecimal numbers, such as 2001:db8::42.

What does your IP address tell us?

The address shown by this app is the public IP address visible to the Internet. It identifies the Internet connection from which your request reaches the IP-address service, rather than necessarily identifying your individual device.

If you are connected through a home router, for example, several devices can appear on the Internet using the same public IP address. Your local devices may also have private IP addresses that are not visible to the public Internet.

Why do you have an IP address?

IP addresses are needed so that computers and networks can exchange data. When you visit a website, send a message, or download a file, your device needs an address that allows responses to find their way back to you.

Your public IP address can change over time. Your Internet provider may assign a different address when your connection reconnects, or you may appear to use a different address when connecting through a VPN, proxy, corporate network, or another intermediary.

IPv4 and IPv6

IPv4 is the older and still widely used version of the Internet Protocol. It provides about 4.3 billion possible addresses, which is not enough to give every Internet-connected device a unique public address.

IPv6 was introduced to provide a vastly larger address space. IPv6 addresses contain 128 bits, compared with 32 bits for IPv4, giving the Internet an enormous number of possible addresses.

Where does the address come from?

A web browser does not provide a standard API for directly asking, “What is my public IP address?” This app therefore uses an external IP-address service. Your browser makes a request to that service, and the service reports the IP address from which it received the request.

This means that displaying your public IP address necessarily involves contacting an external service. Tiny-Apps does not use your IP address for any additional processing or store it as part of this app.

Public versus private IP addresses

The address shown here is your public-facing address. Inside a local network, devices commonly use private addresses such as 192.168.x.x, 10.x.x.x, or 172.16.x.x through 172.31.x.x.

Private addresses are used within local networks and are not directly reachable from the public Internet. A router typically connects those private addresses to the wider Internet using the network's public IP address.