Server with SSL for static files (HTML, JS, CSS)

staticserver

Localhost server for HTML, JS and CSS development with SSL.

Usage

1. Download one of the files that match your OS.

• darwin amd-64
• darwin arm-64
• linux amd-64
• windows amd-64

2. Rename executable and put into PATH:

• for Mac and Linux rename to staticserver
• for Windows rename to staticserver.exe

3. Navigate inside a folder with static files and run:

• staticserver: activate a prompt with different options.
• staticserver -default: skip the prompt and set all flags to false.
• staticserver -ssl -gzip -cache: set the three flags to true

Example:

Localhost flags

• ssl: activate an HTTPS server
• gzip: activate gzip – Content-Encoding: gzip
• cache: activate cache – Cache-Control: public, max-age=7776000
• default: use this flag to start the server with all flags set to false

The flags ssl, gzip, cache helps in obtaining 100% score in Google Lighthouse.

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