Live Server Alternatives

Live Server is described as 'Launch a local development server with live reload feature for static & dynamic pages' and is an app in the development category. There are six alternatives to Live Server for Mac, Windows, Linux, Visual Studio Code and Web-based. The best Live Server alternative is Quick Preview, which is free. Other great apps like Live Server are Live Preview, Web Visual Editor, Simple Web Server and Five Server.

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  1. Quick Preview icon

    Quick Preview

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    Experience immediate HTML code testing with QuickPreview. Just paste your code for real-time results, compatible with tools such as ChatGPT Canvas and Claude Sonnet 1.5. No setup or additional software needed, ensuring efficient and hassle-free debugging and testing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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    • Quick Preview is the most popular Web-based alternative to Live Server.

    • Quick Preview is the most popular free alternative to Live Server.

    • Quick Preview is Free and ProprietaryLive Server is Free and Open Source
    • Quick Preview is LightweightLive Server is not according to our users
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    Live Preview

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    Hosts a local server in your workspace for you to preview your webpages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Visual Studio Code
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    • Live Preview is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Live Server.

    • Live Preview is the most popular Open Source alternative to Live Server.

    • Live Preview is Free and Open SourceLive Server is also Free and Open Source
  4. Web Visual Editor icon

    Web Visual Editor

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    Edit HTML files visually in real-time.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Visual Studio Code
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
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    Five Server

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    A better Live Server with instant updates, highlights and some PHP support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Visual Studio Code
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  7. GitHub & BitBucket HTML Preview

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    Many GitHub repositories don't use GitHub Pages to host their HTML files. GitHub & BitBucket HTML Preview allows you to render those files without cloning or downloading whole repositories. It is a client-side solution and does not involve any third party hosting servers...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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