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Panicky Peacock answered on November 2, 2022 Popularity 7/10 Helpfulness 1/10

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Python 2.x

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000

Python 3.x

$ python -m http.server 8000

Twisted (Python)

$ twistd -n web -p 8000 --path .

$ 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()'

Ruby

$ ruby -rwebrick -e'WEBrick::HTTPServer.new(:Port => 8000, :DocumentRoot => Dir.pwd).start'

$ ruby -run -ehttpd . -p8000

$ gem install adsf   # install dependency
$ adsf -p 8000

Sinatra (Ruby)

$ gem install sinatra   # install dependency
$ ruby -rsinatra -e'set :public_folder, "."; set :port, 8000'

Perl

$ cpan HTTP::Server::Brick   # install dependency
$ perl -MHTTP::Server::Brick -e '$s=HTTP::Server::Brick->new(port=>8000); $s->mount("/"=>{path=>"."}); $s->start'

Plack (Perl)

$ cpan Plack   # install dependency
$ plackup -MPlack::App::Directory -e 'Plack::App::Directory->new(root=>".");' -p 8000

Mojolicious (Perl)

$ cpan Mojolicious::Lite   # install dependency
$ perl -MMojolicious::Lite -MCwd -e 'app->static->paths->[0]=getcwd; app->start' daemon -l http://*:8000

http-server (Node.js)

$ npm install -g http-server   # install dependency
$ http-server -p 8000

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 /.
node-static (Node.js)

$ npm install -g node-static   # install dependency
$ static -p 8000

No directory listings.
PHP (>= 5.4)

$ php -S 127.0.0.1:8000


No directory listings.
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"}]}]).'

busybox httpd

$ busybox httpd -f -p 8000

webfs

$ webfsd -F -p 8000

IIS Express

C:\> "C:\Program Files (x86)\IIS Express\iisexpress.exe" /path:C:\MyWeb /port:8000

Meta

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)

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