Simple

HTTP all the things!

Simple is a binary created using Node.js that clones some of the functionality of Python's simpleHttpServer. It's a rather naive and simple static HTTP server, but it gets the job done in a pinch. Please don't use this in production... it's a development tool. Really.

Installation

npm install -g simple

Basic Use

cd /my/awesome/website
simple

Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8000 ...

Options

-p Port to listen on (defaults to 8000)

-h Hostname to listen on (defaults to 127.0.0.1)

-d Default index (defaults to index.html)

-s Silent mode

-h Help