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🌟 For when you really just want to serve some files over HTTP right now!

14 mentions on Hacker News by 12 people: 5 stories, 9 comments · first 2018-05-17 · latest 2025-10-05

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  1. …this is better for users and less work for maintainers. [1]: https://github.com/ducaale/xh [2]: https://github.com/svenstaro/miniserve
    comment by xpe · 2025-10-05 · in Show HN: ut – Rust based CLI utilities for devs and IT
  2. I use miniserve (< 5mb) just because I can never remember the python incantation. https://github.com/svenstaro/miniserve
    comment by drcongo · 2025-04-15 · in Simple Web Server
  3. …have Rust, I like miniserve[1]: cargo install --locked miniserve miniserve path/to/directory [1]: https://github.com/svenstaro/miniserve
    comment by nasso_dev · 2025-04-14 · in Simple Web Server
  4. Also "For when you really just want to serve some files over HTTP right now! " https://github.com/svenstaro/miniserve
    comment by andrewstuart · 2024-07-08 · in Bashbro – Make Any Comp a Web-Based File Server
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    Miniserve – a CLI tool to serve files and dirs over HTTP
    story by ntoslinux · 2022-10-23 · 0 comments
  6. …Rust tooling set up, it's only a cargo install away. If not, you can just download a static binary. https://github.com/svenstaro/miniserve/releases
    comment by michaelmior · 2022-06-04 · in WorldWideWeb.app
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    Miniserve: For when you want to serve some files over HTTP
    story by andrewstuart · 2022-01-20 · 0 comments
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    Miniserve: Cross-platform tool to serve files via HTTP
    story by ducktective · 2021-08-04 · 1 comment
  9. …do files, directories (including on the fly tgz or zip downloading), authentication and upload [0]: https://github.com/svenstaro/miniserve
    comment by conradludgate · 2021-05-13 · in Big list of HTTP static server one-liners
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    Miniserve – a CLI tool to serve files and dirs over HTTP
    story by mcp_ · 2021-01-22 · 0 comments
  11. …it to someone in the local network or through the internet. For local network: I use miniserve ( https://github.com/svenstaro/miniserve ) which is just a simple http server. There are similar tools for when I want to share it from the…
    comment by GRBurst · 2020-09-02 · in Ask HN: What is your favorite method of sending large files?
  12. Shameless plug: https://github.com/svenstaro/miniserve/
    comment by Svenstaro · 2020-01-18 · in HTTP static server one-liners
  13. Thank you, very helpful. How about adding: https://github.com/svenstaro/miniserve ?
    comment by sandreas · 2019-10-29 · in awesome-selfhosted – Free Software network services and web applications
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    Show HN: Miniserve – For when you need to serve files over HTTP in a hurry
    story by Svenstaro · 2018-05-17 · 1 comment