Big list of http static server one-liners, Hacker News

Each of these commands will run an ad hoc http static server in your current (or specified) directory, available athttp: // localhost:

. Use this power wisely.

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$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer

$ python -m http.server

Twisted

$ twistd -n web -p –path****************************

Or:
$ python -c**************************** from twisted.web.server import site; from twisted.web.static import File; from twisted.internet import reactor; reactor.listenTCP ((******************************************************************************, Site (File ("."))); reactor.run ()' () ************
Depends onTwisted.
************************** Ruby
$ ruby ​​-rwebrick -e****************************** WEBrick :: HTTPServer.new (: Port=>(******************************************************************************,: DocumentRoot=>Dir.pwd) .start'******************************************
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************Ruby 1.9.2 
$ ruby ​​-run -ehttpd (****************************.**************************************************************************
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adsf
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$ gem install adsf#  (install dependency)  $ adsf -p

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No directory listings.



Sinatra  (Ruby)


$ gem install sinatra#  (install dependency)  $ ruby ​​-rsinatra -e 'set: public_folder, "."; set: port,  (************************** '(********************

No directory listings.


$ cpan HTTP :: Server :: Brick  ()' () ************

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Plack************** (Perl)

$ cpan Plack # ************************** (install dependency)  $ plackup -MPlack :: App :: Directory -e 'Plack :: App :: Directory->new (root=>".");'**************************** -p

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********** Mojolicious
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$ cpan Mojolicious :: Lite  (**************************************** (install dependency)  $ perl -MMojolicious :: Lite -MCwd -e'app->static->paths ->[0]=getcwd; app->start' daemon -l http: //* (******************************:  () ******************

No directory listings.

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****************** (Node .js)

$ npm install -g http-server
Note: This server does funky things with relative paths. For example, if you have a file/ tests / index.html, it will load  (index.html) ************************************************ (if you go to/ test (********************************************, but will treat relative paths as if they were coming from  / ****************

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$ npm install -g node-static


No directory listings.

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No directory listings.

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Erlang
$ 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"}]}]).'

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No directory listings.

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$ busybox httpd -f -p


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Depends on  webfs.

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: C:>******************  ("C:  Program Files (x IIS Express  iisexpress.exe****************** / path: C:   M  (yWeb / port:) ******************************************************************************

Depends on  IIS 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 (ie no daemons)  (****************************************************************




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