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42 / 100

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No known security issues
popularity
Limited
maintenance
Inactive
community
Limited

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No known security issues

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Version				Vulnerabilities	License Risk
1.0.7	\|	07/2022	Popular	0 C 0 H 0 M 0 L	0 H 0 M 0 L

License

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Popularity

Limited

Weekly Downloads (53)

GitHub Stars: 46
Forks: 1
Contributors: 1

Direct Usage Popularity

The npm package serve-http receives a total of 53 downloads a week. As such, we scored serve-http popularity level to be Limited.

Based on project statistics from the GitHub repository for the npm package serve-http, we found that it has been starred 46 times.

Downloads are calculated as moving averages for a period of the last 12 months, excluding weekends and known missing data points.

Community

Limited

Readme.md: Yes
Contributing.md: No
Code of Conduct: No
Contributors: 1
Funding: No

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Maintenance

Inactive

Commit Frequency

No Recent Commits

Open Issues: 1
Open PR: 3
Last Release: 2 years ago
Last Commit: 2 years ago

Further analysis of the maintenance status of serve-http based on released npm versions cadence, the repository activity, and other data points determined that its maintenance is Inactive.

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In the past month we didn't find any pull request activity or change in issues status has been detected for the GitHub repository.

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Node.js Compatibility: not defined

Age: 5 years
Dependencies: 1 Direct
Versions: 9
Install Size: 174 kB
Dist-tags: 1
# of Files: 6
Maintainers: 1
TS Typings: Yes

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Readme

serve-http

Simple single-file local web server

Single file — copy it into your project
No dependencies
Livereload
Safety feature: Only serves local connections unless given explicit command-line argument.
Safety feature: Refuses to serve directories outside home directory to remote connections.

Install by copying serve-http into your project, or npm i serve-http

It may also be convenient to install it globally on your machine: npm i -g serve-http

$ ./serve-http -help
Usage: ./serve-http [options] [<dir>]

<dir>
  Directory to serve files from. Defaults to the current directory.

Options:
  -p, -port   Listen on specific 
  -host       Bind to  instead of "localhost"
  -public           Accept connections from anywhere (same as -host "")
  -quiet            Disable request logging
  -no-livereload    Disable livereload
  -no-dirlist       Disable directory listing
  -h, -help         Show help and exit
  -version          Print version to stdout and exit

Examples:

  ./serve-http
    Serve current directory on some available port

  ./serve-http -p 8080 docs
    Serve directory ./docs locally on port 8080

  ./serve-http -public -no-dirlist
    Serve current directory publicly on some available port,
    without directory listing.

JavaScript API

serve-http can also be used as a library:

const { createServer } = require("serve-http")
const server = createServer({ pubdir: __dirname, port: 1234 })
// `server` is a standard nodejs http server instance.

See TypeScript type definitions for documentation of the API: serve-http.d.ts

serve-http dependencies

source-map-support

serve-http development dependencies

esbuild livereload

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What is serve-http?

Simple single-file local web server with livereload. Visit Snyk Advisor to see a full health score report for serve-http, including popularity, security, maintenance & community analysis.

Is serve-http popular?

The npm package serve-http receives a total of 53 weekly downloads. As such, serve-http popularity was classified as limited. Visit the popularity section on Snyk Advisor to see the full health analysis.

Is serve-http well maintained?

We found indications that serve-http is an Inactive project. See the full package health analysis to learn more about the package maintenance status.

Is serve-http safe to use?

The npm package serve-http was scanned for known vulnerabilities and missing license, and no issues were found. Thus the package was deemed as safe to use. See the full health analysis review.

Last updated on 18 December-2024, at 08:20 (UTC).

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