serve_current_dir()

Host your local files, e.g. for inspection by tools such as your trusty browser:

• On any platform,
• Without any additional dependencies,
• Without even executing any shell commands!

Installation

Need it as a CLI?

cargo install shrimple-localhost

Need it as a library?

cargo add shrimple-localhost

Usage

CLI

Without any options, shrimple-localhost defaults to hosting the files in the current directory at the default port

shrimple-localhost

• To specify a custom root, provide the -r flag followed by the path to the root
• To specify a custom port, provide the -p flag followed by the port number

shrimple-localhost -p 4096 -r ~/website/static

Library

More on this in the docs of the library: https://docs.rs/shrimple-localhost

Limitations

The server to be made lightweight, thus it's very barebones; it can only handle 1 connection at once, which should be enough for what's merely a development tool.