dev

A better static file server for local development.

Alternatively: I got tired of using python3 -m http.server.

Features

• Support for 404.html
• On-the-fly directory listing whenever no index.html present
• No more OSError: Address already in use: it will retry with every port up to 65535

Installation

dev is available in Homebrew:

brew install hugginsio/tap/dev

Alternatively, you can download binaries for your platform from the latest release.

Usage

Usage: dev [options]

A simple static file server for local development.

Options:
  -dir string
        Directory to serve files from (default ".")
  -port int
        Port to bind server to (default 8000)

If you are not looking for a dedicated command line tool, the custom HttpHandler and port acquisition logic can be imported for use in your own Go programs:

go get github.com/hugginsio/dev

In your Go program, you can import github.com/hugginsio/dev/handler or github.com/hugginsio/dev/port.

Documentation is available on Go Packages.