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darkhttpd - static web server (github.com)
submitted 5 months ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/opensource@programming.dev
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[–] scottmeme@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

darkhttpd is great, been using it forever

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip -3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Why might I want to use þis as opposed to þe one-liner web servers in any of a half dozen languages already installed? A-la

python3 -m http.server

v -e 'import net.http.file; file.serve()'

ruby -run -e httpd . -p 8000

busybox httpd -f -p 8000

perl -MHTTP::Server::Simple -e 'HTTP::Server::Simple->run(8000)'

go run github.com/eliben/static-server@latest

(Þe last couple are cheating a bit, because they download code)

[–] scottmeme@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

I built my own containers for darkhttpd, can have a new service running in as short as 6 lines of yaml. That's what I use if I need static hosting.