serve-img

A simple cli to show local images in browser.

Usage

This package can be executed in cli via npx without installation.

Optionally, you can install it as global package as well to skip startup overhead:

npm i -g serve-img

Usage without installation:

npx -y serve-img [options]

Usage with installation:

serve-img [options]

Options

The options are optional and they can be specified in any order.

port: default is 8100

root_directory: default is current directory

Usage Example

# port: 8100, root_directory: current directory
npx -y serve-img

# port: 8200, root_directory: current directory
npx -y serve-img 8200

# port: 8100, root_directory: ~/Pictures
npx -y serve-img ~/Pictures

# port: 8200, root_directory: ~/Pictures
npx -y serve-img ~/Pictures 8200

# port: 8200, root_directory: ~/Pictures
npx -y serve-img 8200 ~/Pictures

Example Output

root directory: /home/username/Pictures
listening on http://localhost:8200
listening on http://127.0.0.1:8200 (lo)
listening on http://192.168.1.100:8200 (wlp3s0)

License

This project is licensed with BSD-2-Clause

This is free, libre, and open-source software. It comes down to four essential freedoms [ref]:

• The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose
• The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your computing as you wish
• The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help others
• The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others