http-server VS alex

Compare http-server vs alex and see what are their differences.

http-server

a simple zero-configuration command-line http server (by http-party)

alex

Catch insensitive, inconsiderate writing (by get-alex)
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http-server alex
62 10
13,251 4,738
0.8% 0.5%
0.0 4.0
about 1 month ago 4 months ago
JavaScript JavaScript
MIT License MIT License
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http-server

Posts with mentions or reviews of http-server. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-12.
  • What is the Go equivalent of Node http-server?
    5 projects | /r/golang | 12 Feb 2023
    You probably need a few hundred lines of code and some external modules to be able to build what https://www.npmjs.com/package/http-server has. ``` Available Options: Command Description Defaults -p or --port Port to use. Use -p 0 to look for an open port, starting at 8080. It will also read from process.env.PORT. 8080 -a Address to use 0.0.0.0 -d Show directory listings true -i Display autoIndex true -g or --gzip When enabled it will serve ./public/some-file.js.gz in place of ./public/some-file.js when a gzipped version of the file exists and the request accepts gzip encoding. If brotli is also enabled, it will try to serve brotli first. false -b or --brotli When enabled it will serve ./public/some-file.js.br in place of ./public/some-file.js when a brotli compressed version of the file exists and the request accepts br encoding. If gzip is also enabled, it will try to serve brotli first. false -e or --ext Default file extension if none supplied html -s or --silent Suppress log messages from output --cors Enable CORS via the Access-Control-Allow-Origin header -o [path] Open browser window after starting the server. Optionally provide a URL path to open. e.g.: -o /other/dir/ -c Set cache time (in seconds) for cache-control max-age header, e.g. -c10 for 10 seconds. To disable caching, use -c-1. 3600 -U or --utc Use UTC time format in log messages. --log-ip Enable logging of the client's IP address false -P or --proxy Proxies all requests which can't be resolved locally to the given url. e.g.: -P http://someurl.com --proxy-options Pass proxy options using nested dotted objects. e.g.: --proxy-options.secure false --username Username for basic authentication --password Password for basic authentication -S, --tls or --ssl Enable secure request serving with TLS/SSL (HTTPS) false -C or --cert Path to ssl cert file cert.pem -K or --key Path to ssl key file key.pem -r or --robots Automatically provide a /robots.txt (The content of which defaults to User-agent: *\nDisallow: /) false --no-dotfiles Do not show dotfiles --mimetypes Path to a .types file for custom mimetype definition -h or --help Print this list and exit. -v or --version Print the version and exit. Magic Files index.html will be served as the default file to any directory requests. 404.html will be served if a file is not found. This can be used for Single-Page App (SPA) hosting to serve the entry page. Catch-all redirect To implement a catch-all redirect, use the index page itself as the proxy with:
    5 projects | /r/golang | 12 Feb 2023
  • Let's build: DaisyUI and Tailwind CSS dashboard - part 1
    3 projects | dev.to | 20 Jan 2023
    Let’s go ahead and setup our http-server, for this we will be using http-server npm package to help us with this, this is useful for static sites where we do not want to setup a node server manually.
  • Latest online versions of MyEtherWallet-vX.X.X.zip show blank page in Firefox
    2 projects | /r/MyEtherWallet | 25 Oct 2022
    You may need to set it up locally to be served as a local site, using something like this https://www.npmjs.com/package/http-server
  • How do I "rehost" a webgame that was discontinued?
    3 projects | /r/webdev | 23 Sep 2022
    Once it's scraped a simple http server command could "host" it on your local machine to play: https://www.npmjs.com/package/http-server
  • Automating Tests using CodeceptJS and Testomat.io: First Steps
    8 projects | dev.to | 6 Sep 2022
    If you don't have a localhost preview server already, you can add one using the http-server package and adding a "serve" target in package.json (see example source code below).
  • Scully - Angular Static Site Generator
    3 projects | dev.to | 30 Aug 2022
    You will see your normal build file in dist folder and a new static folder that contains your SSG files. You can then run the site by switching to the static directory and using a local server like http-server to run the compliled code.
  • Cant launch html/javascript from my own pc.
    2 projects | /r/learnprogramming | 14 Aug 2022
    And for the record "server" doesn't necessarily mean you need a separate computer. You can simply use a script like http-server to setup a localhost server from a folder on your computer in one command and that'd solve this problem.
  • How to read directory and view its data in the browser ?
    2 projects | /r/node | 8 Aug 2022
    If you want the finished product, I think you should either install nginx or some other “real” httpd. If having a small node package is desirable, I’d check out the http-server package.
  • Setup Android Phone for Web Dev
    2 projects | dev.to | 22 Jul 2022
    To see our first project we need http-server

alex

Posts with mentions or reviews of alex. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-21.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing http-server and alex you can also consider the following projects:

Live Server - A simple development http server with live reload capability.

json-server - Get a full fake REST API with zero coding in less than 30 seconds (seriously)

yo - CLI tool for running Yeoman generators

mockoon - Mockoon is the easiest and quickest way to run mock APIs locally. No remote deployment, no account required, open source.

Babel (Formerly 6to5) - 🐠 Babel is a compiler for writing next generation JavaScript.

torrent - download torrents with node from the CLI

vtop - Wow such top. So stats. More better than regular top.

wifi-password - Get current wifi password

David - :eyeglasses: Node.js module that tells you when your package npm dependencies are out of date.

iponmap - commandline IP location finder