Illustration by Nomi, [@the_nomi, mail]

servez: a simple command-line http server

servez is a simple, zero-configuration command-line http server for development and learning. Note there is also an app version for those who prefer GUIs.

Installing globally:

!!!Note!!!: you need to install node.js. I recommend installing node via nvm(mac/linux) or nvm-windows(windows)

Installation via npm:

 npm install servez -g

This will install servez globally so you can run it from the command line.

Running on-demand:

Using npx you can run servez without installing it first:

 npx servez [options] [path]

Usage:

 servez [options] [path] 

[path] defaults to the current folder.

You can now visit http://localhost:8080

Available Options:

• -h or --help for help

• -p or --port Port to use (defaults to 8080) note if port is in use will use next available port

• --version prints the version number

• --scan scan forward until an open port is found. (defaults to true. --no-scan to disable)

• --dirs Show folder listings (defaults to true, --no-dirs to disable)

• --qr Show a QR code for the root url of the server. This might help for using servez with a phone.

• --cors Include CORS headers (defaults to true, --no-cors to disable)

• --local make serve only accessible from this machine. The default is to serve publicly. (0.0.0.0 vs 127.0.0.1)

• --index Display index.html for folders if it exists (defaults to true, --no-index to disable)

• --gzip serve somefile.gz in place of somefile

• --brotli serve somefile.br in place of somefile

• --unity-hack ignore .gz and .br when computing content type. (defaults to true, --no-unity-hack to disable)

• --shared-array-buffers include headers 'Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy': 'same-origin' and 'Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy': 'require-corp'.

• --header=<name>:<value> extra headers to include eg --header=Content-Language:de-DE'

• --robots Provide a /robots.txt if one does not exist. (defaults to true. --no-robots to disable)

• --hidden Show files that start with .

• --username Username for basic authentication

• --password Password for basic authentication

• -S or --ssl Use https (will use a fake cert if not specified)

• -C or --cert Path to ssl cert file

• -K or --key Path to ssl key file

Pronunciation

Cortez, Hernández, Gomez, Ramírez, and Servez walked into a bar...