svenstaro/miniserve

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7881 stars · 397 forks observed · 2026-09-30

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

miniserve is a small, self-contained Rust CLI tool that serves files and directories over HTTP with a single command. It supports authentication, TLS, custom headers, SPA serving, and file uploads without any configuration.

Use cases

• quickly share a directory over http
• serve static files from the command line
• temporarily expose a folder on the local network
• serve a single file for download
• host a single page application locally
• serve files with basic auth password protection
• serve files over https with tls

When to choose

• you need to serve files over HTTP immediately with zero configuration
• you want a single portable binary instead of configuring nginx or python http.server
• you need quick ad-hoc file sharing with optional auth and TLS
• you want a built-in file browser UI with upload support

When to avoid

• you need a production-grade web server with reverse proxying, load balancing, or caching
• you need complex routing, middleware, or dynamic server-side logic
• you want long-running infrastructure-grade static hosting with CDN integration

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

http-server file-upload auth cli developer-tools web-development self-hosted cli cross-platform windows rust static-file-server file-sharing quick-http-server single-binary tls rust command-line linux macos docker

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