tinyserve

a small local dev server that supports live reloading via server-sent events
only one dependency, mime-db
absolutely not for use in production

installation

npm install @potch/tinyserve or npx tinyserve if you're feeling frisky

usage

> tinyserve [options]

> tinyserve -p 1234 -d dist/ -w dist/

options

  -h, --help     this help text
  -d <dir>       directory to serve, default is "."
  -p <port>      port, default is 8080
  -w <path>      watch file or folder for changes, implies -l
  -l             enable live reload
  -r <route>     URL path of live reload events, default is "_live"

live reload

when live reload is enabled, a small script is injected into all HTML responses that listens for a reload signal from the server. that signal can be triggered by either a change to a watched file/directory (via the -w option), or local tools can trigger a reload by making a post to the live reload route (by default /_live).