Rewrite of the popular npm package http-server in Rust with some extras included.
http-server
is a simple, zero-configuration command-line static HTTP server. It is powerful enough for production usage, but it's simple and hackable enough to be used for testing, local development and learning.
# Use default configuration
http-server
# Arguments
http-server --no-cache --cors ./public
# Custom Headers
http-server -H Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy:same-origin
Usage: http-server [OPTIONS] [SERVE_DIR]
Arguments:
[SERVE_DIR] Target directory to serve [default: ./dist]
Options:
-a, --address <ADDRESS> [default: 0.0.0.0]
-p, --port <PORT> [default: 8080]
-c, --cache-time <CACHE_TIME> Cache control time [default: 3600]
-H, --header <HEADERS> Custom headers (Format "key:value")
--cors Enable CORS header
--no-cache Disable cache control header
-Q, --quiet Don't print any logs to terminal
-h, --help Print help
This will prompt you for the install path, run it again to update the version
curl -s "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alshdavid/http-server-rs/main/scripts/install.sh" | sh
Download the binary from the latest GitHub release and add it to your PATH
# Linux AMD64
curl -L --url https://github.com/alshdavid/http-server-rs/releases/latest/download/linux-amd64.tar.gz | tar -xvzf - -C $HOME/.local/bin --strip-components=1
# Linux ARM64
curl -L --url https://github.com/alshdavid/http-server-rs/releases/latest/download/linux-arm64.tar.gz | tar -xvzf - -C $HOME/.local/bin --strip-components=1
# MacOS ARM64 (Apple Silicon)
curl -L --url https://github.com/alshdavid/http-server-rs/releases/latest/download/macos-arm64.tar.gz | tar -xvzf - -C $HOME/.local/bin --strip-components=1
# MacOS AMD64 (Intel)
curl -L --url https://github.com/alshdavid/http-server-rs/releases/latest/download/macos-amd64.tar.gz | tar -xvzf - -C $HOME/.local/bin --strip-components=1
# Add to PATH if not already there:
echo "\nexport \PATH=\$PATH:\$HOME/.local/bin\n" >> $HOME/.zshrc
echo "\nexport \PATH=\$PATH:\$HOME/.local/bin\n" >> $HOME/.bashrc
Download the binary from the latest GitHub release and add it to your PATH