web-servers

This is a collection of one-liner server. The idea is from this gist. I create this repo because there are more solutions scattered in the comments. It would be better that we have a space to gather them. I appreciate all the contributors to the original discussion thread.

I use the original setting for all the examples. All of them will run the server at port 8000 in your current working directory.

Contents

Language

• Clojure
• Crystal
• Elixir
• Erlang
• Go
• Haskell
• Lisp
• Node.js
• Perl
• PHP
• Python
• R
• Ruby
• Rust
• Other

Meta

If you have any suggestions, drop them in a new pull request. To get on this list, a solution must:

1. serve static files using your current directory (or a specified directory) as the server root,
2. be able to be run with a single, one line command (dependencies are fine if they're a one-time thing),
3. serve basic file types (html, css, js, images) with proper mime types,
4. require no configuration (from files or otherwise) beyond the command itself (no framework-specific servers, etc)
5. must run, or have a mode where it can run, in the foreground (i.e. no daemons)

Clogure

Leiningen

$ lein simpleton 8000

Crystal

$ crystal eval 'require "http/server"; HTTP::Server.new(8000, HTTP::StaticFileHandler.new(".")).listen'

Elixir

elixir --no-halt --app inets -e ":inets.start(:httpd,[{:server_name,'s'},{:document_root,'.'},{:server_root,'.'},{:port,8000}])"

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"}]}]).'

Go

Algernon

$ go get -u github.com/xyproto/algernon
$ algernon -x 8000

Candy

caddy -port 8000

Gost

$ go get github.com/vwochnik/gost
$ gost -port 8888 .

Ram

$ go get -u github.com/m3ng9i/ran
$ ran -p 8000

Spark

$ go get github.com/rif/spark
$ spark -port 8000 .

Haskell

maid

cabal install maid
maid 8000

wai-app-static

cabal install wai-app-static
warp -p 8000

Lisp

Clack

$ ros install clack
$ clackup <(echo "(lack:builder (:static :path #'identity) #'identity)")

Node.js

Anywhere

$ npm install anywhere -g
$ anywhere -p 8000

glance

$ npm install -g glance
$ glance -p 8000

Harp

$ npm install -g harp
$ harp server --port 8000

http-server

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

node-static

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

Superstatic

$ npm install -g superstatic
$ superstatic public --port 8000

Perl

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

Plack

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

Mojolicious

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

PHP

$ php -S 127.0.0.1:8000

Drush

$ drush rs 8000

Laravel

$ php artisan serve --host=127.0.0.1 --port=8000

Python

Python 2

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000

Python 3

$ python -m http.server 8000

Twisted

$ pip install twisted
$ twistd -n web -p 8000 --path .

R

$ Rscript -e 'servr::httd()' -p8000

Ruby

$ ruby -run -ehttpd . -p8000

adsf

$ gem install adsf
$ adsf -p 8000

Knod

$ gem install knod
$ knod -p 8000

Rack

$ gem install rack
$ rackup -b 'use Rack::Static, :index => 'index.html'; run Rack::File.new('.')"

Serve

$ gem install serve
$ serve 8000

Sinatra

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

Rust

Host These Things Please

$ cargo install https
$ http -p 8000

miniserve

$ cargo install miniserve
$ miniserve -p 8000 .

simple-http-server

$ cargo install simple-http-server
$ simple-http-server -p 8000 -- .

Other

busybox httpd

$ busybox httpd -f -p 8000

ngrok

$ ngrok http 8000

webfs

$ webfsd -F -p 8000

IIS Express

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