live-server is a local HTTP server designed for hosting static HTML, JavaScript, and CSS files. It functions as a live reload development server that monitors file changes and automatically refreshes the browser to reflect updates. The server includes an HTTP request proxy to route specific paths to remote URLs, bypassing cross-origin resource sharing restrictions. It also serves as a single page application routing proxy, mapping URL requests to a specific entry file to support client-side navigation. Additional capabilities cover security and access control through basic authentication and
http-server is a simple, zero-configuration command-line static HTTP server. It is powerful enough for production usage, but it's simple and hackable enough to be used for testing, local development and learning.
The main features of indexzero/http-server are: Development Servers.
Open-source alternatives to indexzero/http-server include: tapio/live-server — live-server is a local HTTP server designed for hosting static HTML, JavaScript, and CSS files. It functions as a live…