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http-server mit Homebrew, Nix installieren

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Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%
brew install http-server

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverifiziert · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#http-server

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ht/http-server/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Simple zero-configuration command-line HTTP server

Befehle und Aliase

  • http-server

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

http-server is a Node.js command-line static HTTP server. Its README describes a zero-configuration server that is simple enough for testing, local development, and learning, but also includes practical options for caching, directory listings, proxying, TLS, headers, and authentication.

Projektgeschichte

The GitHub repository was created in June 2011, and npm registry metadata records the package beginning the same day with version 0.1.0. The project became one of the standard Node-era answers to 'serve this folder over localhost' before npx made one-off CLI execution common.

The package evolved from a tiny static-file helper into a more featureful local server. The README documents installation through npx, global npm, Homebrew, dependency installation, and Docker builds, while release metadata shows the project reaching the 14.x line in 2021 and 2022.

Adoptionsgeschichte

http-server's adoption is visible across npm, GitHub, and Homebrew: the official README includes npm and Homebrew badges, GitHub displays a large star/fork footprint and many dependents, and the input metadata records Homebrew and Nix packaging. Its popularity comes from needing no application framework when all a developer wants is static files over HTTP.

Wie es verwendet wird

Common use is `npx http-server` or a global `http-server` command pointed at a directory. Options cover port and address selection, cache control, gzip and Brotli serving, CORS headers, custom headers, SPA-style proxy fallback, TLS certificates, basic authentication, robots.txt generation, and MIME overrides.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

For package nerds, http-server is a classic small CLI that became infrastructure glue. It sits at the intersection of npm's executable-bin model, frontend local development, static-site demos, and Homebrew packaging for JavaScript tools that people want outside a single Node project.

Zeitleiste

  • 2011: The http-party/http-server repository was created on GitHub.
  • 2011: The npm package was created with early 0.1.x versions.
  • 2017: The GitHub release list includes the 0.10.0 release.
  • 2021: The project published the 13.x and 14.0.0 release lines.
  • 2022: The project published the 14.1.x release line.

Related projects

  • Related tools include Python's built-in simple HTTP server, serve, live-server, Caddy, Vite dev server workflows, and the Rust http-server package. It also uses Node and npm conventions for command distribution.

Quellen

  • Official GitHub README/release metadata and npm registry metadata.

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risikoklassifikator

blue Risiko · mittel Konfidenz · tool

Warum

  • broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signale

  • text:http,server

Installationsverhalten

  • In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
  • Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 1 Plattformziele verfügbar.
  • Installiert mit 1 Laufzeitabhängigkeiten.

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Executables

Installierte Executables

BefehlArtSichtbarkeitHinweis
http-servercliglobales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-26
Manager-Version14.1.1
Manager aktualisiert
lokale DatenOK
Upstreamnot checked
neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt

https://github.com/http-party/http-server

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüsselbrew:http-server
Version14.1.1
PaketmanagerHomebrew
Paketmanager-Seitehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/http-server
Homepagehttps://github.com/http-party/http-server
Repositoryhttps://github.com/http-party/http-server
Upstream-Dokumentationhttps://github.com/http-party/http-server#readme
LizenzMIT
Quellarchivhttps://registry.npmjs.org/http-server/-/http-server-14.1.1.tgz
Abhängigkeitennode
Bottleverfügbar (auf all)
Homebrew post-installnicht definiert
Dienstkeiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namehttp-server
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Conflicts With
  • http-server-rs
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

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Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Nix95%

http-server

nix profile install nixpkgs#http-server
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Http Server
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ht/http-server/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Quellspur

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.

Verwendete Quellen

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
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  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment