http-file-server Alternatives

http-file-server is described as 'Tiny portable HTTP file server. single binary, no dependencies. linux, osx, windows. #golang' and is an app in the file management category. There are five alternatives to http-file-server for Linux, Self-Hosted, Mac, Windows and Python. The best http-file-server alternative is SimpleHTTPServer, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like http-file-server are weborf, Simple HTTP Server, Uvicorn and Gunicorn.

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    Serve a single directory over HTTP.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • SimpleHTTPServer is the most popular Windows, Mac, Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to http-file-server.

    • SimpleHTTPServer is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to http-file-server.

    • SimpleHTTPServer is Free and Open Sourcehttp-file-server is also Free and Open Source
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    Weborf is a lightweight webserver designed to rapidly share directories. Runs on POSIX systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Need to share some files with your colleagues or setup basic html website on your machine? It's very simple with Simple HTTP Server. Just click 'Start server' and choose a folder to share. The url already in your clipboard.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. Uvicorn icon
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    An ASGI web server, for Python. 🦄.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Python
     
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    Gunicorn 'Green Unicorn' is a Python WSGI HTTP Server for UNIX. It's a pre-fork worker model ported from Ruby's Unicorn project. The Gunicorn server is broadly compatible with various web frameworks, simply implemented, light on server resource usage, and fairly...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
     
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