Navigate to the folder of your choice
Right-click the folder and select "Simple HTTP Server here"
Your browser will open and a tiny webserver will wait for requests on localhost
You now have a HTML file without the limitations and restrictions of the file:/// protocol.
Use the installer for easy installation.
Copy http_here.exe, libeay32.dll, libevent.dll and ssleay32.dll into a folder of your choice. Go into the registry using regedit and navigate into HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell
Add a folder at the left called http_here (or whatever you want) and set its default value to Simple HTTP Server here.
Add another folder into the http_here folder and call it exactly command and set its default value to path\to\exe %1
To uninstall, simply delete the http_here folder in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell and delete the application folder.
Just call http_here.exe path\to\website to run a HTTP Server in an external folder or run http_here.exe . to run it in the current working directory.
- Status Bar icon
- Config
- Support for template languages
- Support for piping to nginx/apache
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