goserve

Static file server written in go.

Installation

From archive

Go to the release page and download a binary for your operating system. goserve is build for Windows, MacOS and Linux with goreleaser.

From source

1. Install Go.
2. Clone the repo git clone https://github.com/kevingimbel/goserve.git
3. Run go build goserve.go from within the new directory.

Place the binary somewhere in your $PATH, e.g.

  $ sudo ln -s $(pwd)/goserve /usr/local/bin

Usage

goserve can be used from the command line as follows:

  $ goserve [-port ""] [-cors ""] [-verbose]

This will serve the current directory to localhost:8000 or the specified port. -verbose logs each request to Stdout. With -cors a Access-Control-Allow-Origin header can be set. For local development this can be * to allow all connections.

  $ goserve -port 8000 -cors "*"

See also goserve -help.

Test it

To test the server run goserve from the project directory and open localhost:8000/example.