smallserver

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A small and fast cross-platform Node.js static file server with no dependencies. The directory default is index.html and correct MIME types are used.

Ideal for serving client-side code on a development machine, but not optimised for production servers (no compression, caching, security, etc.)

Usage

Install globally:

npm i small-static-server -g

Launch using ss or smallserver to serve files from the current root directory, e.g. http://localhost:8888/

To quit, press Ctrl|Cmd + C.

Command line options

smallserver [port] [dir]

where:

• [port] is an optional HTTP port (8888 by default)
• [dir] is an optional absolute or relative root file directory (the current directory by default)

Possible future features

• directory file list and navigation
• proxy to other servers

Version history

v1.0.3, 22 December 2020

• MIME support for .mjs and .cjs

v1.0.2, 20 August 2020

• disabled caching on all files
• MIME support for manifest

v1.0.1, 29 May 2020

• MIME support for XHTML files

v1.0.0, 3 August 2019

• initial release