Barmaid is a cross-platform desktop app that enables you to create a static webserver on your machine. Select a directory, choose a port and you're done: go to http://localhost:XXXX where XXXX is the port you chose.
Since version 1.1.0, you can enable auto-compile for jade/pug templates !
You can download the app from the release tab or by following this link for Mac, this one for Windows or this one for Linux.
To start the app from the sources, clone the repo and run these commands from the root folder:
$ npm install
$ npm startHTTP logs management and browser auto-reload are my goals.