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Each of these commands will run an ad hoc http static server in your current (or specified) directory, available athttp://localhost:8000. Use this power wisely.
$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000
$ python -m http.server 8000
$ twistd -n web -p 8000 --path.Or:
$ python -c'from twisted.web.server import Site; from twisted.web.static import File; from twisted.internet import reactor; reactor.listenTCP(8000, Site(File("."))); reactor.run()'Depends onTwisted.
$ ruby -rwebrick -e'WEBrick::HTTPServer.new(:Port => 8000, :DocumentRoot => Dir.pwd).start'Credit:Barking Iguana
$ ruby -run -ehttpd. -p8000Credit:nobu
$ gem install adsf# install dependency$ adsf -p 8000Credit:twome
No directory listings.
$ gem install sinatra# install dependency$ ruby -rsinatra -e'set :public_folder, "."; set :port, 8000'
No directory listings.
$ cpan HTTP::Server::Brick# install dependency$ perl -MHTTP::Server::Brick -e'$s=HTTP::Server::Brick->new(port=>8000); $s->mount("/"=>{path=>"."}); $s->start'
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$ cpan Plack# install dependency$ plackup -MPlack::App::Directory -e'Plack::App::Directory->new(root=>".");' -p 8000
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$ cpan Mojolicious::Lite# install dependency$ perl -MMojolicious::Lite -MCwd -e'app->static->paths->[0]=getcwd; app->start' daemon -l http://*:8000
No directory listings.
$ npm install -g http-server# install dependency$ http-server -p 8000Note: This server does funky things with relative paths. For example, if you have a file/tests/index.html, it will loadindex.html if you go to/test, but will treat relative paths as if they were coming from/.
$ npm install -g node-static# install dependency$ static -p 8000No directory listings.
$ php -S 127.0.0.1:8000
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No directory listings.
$ erl -s inets -eval'inets:start(httpd,[{server_name,"NAME"},{document_root, "."},{server_root, "."},{port, 8000},{mime_types,[{"html","text/html"},{"htm","text/html"},{"js","text/javascript"},{"css","text/css"},{"gif","image/gif"},{"jpg","image/jpeg"},{"jpeg","image/jpeg"},{"png","image/png"}]}]).'Credit:nivertech (with the addition of some basic mime types)
No directory listings.
$ busybox httpd -f -p 8000
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$ webfsd -F -p 8000
Depends onwebfs.
C:\>"C:\Program Files (x86)\IIS Express\iisexpress.exe" /path:C:\MyWeb /port:8000
Depends onIIS Express.
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No directory listings./path must be an absolute path.
If you have any suggestions, drop them in the comments below or on the reddit discussion. To get on this list, a solution must:
- serve static files using your current directory (or a specified directory) as the server root,
- be able to be run with a single, one line command (dependencies are fine if they're a one-time thing),
- serve basic file types (html, css, js, images) with proper mime types,
- require no configuration (from files or otherwise) beyond the command itself (no framework-specific servers, etc)
- must run, or have a mode where it can run, in the foreground (i.e. no daemons)