# sc0tfree/updog

Updog is a replacement for Python's SimpleHTTPServer. It allows uploading and downloading via HTTP/S, can set ad hoc SSL certificates and use http basic auth.

Repository: https://github.com/sc0tfree/updog
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/updog
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: simplehttpserver, http-server, https-server, file-sharing, file-upload
Last push: 2025-11-16T20:20:15+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 63/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 52, release rhythm 57, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2388, "days_push": 290, "days_rel": 290, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3394, forks 338 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:02.175825+00:00)

## What it is
Updog is a command-line replacement for Python's SimpleHTTPServer that serves a directory over HTTP/S with both upload and download support. It supports ad-hoc or custom SSL certificates, HTTP basic auth passwords, CORS headers, and configurable bind address and port.

## Use cases
- quickly share files over the local network
- serve a directory with upload support over http
- replace python simplehttpserver with uploads
- serve files over https with an ad-hoc certificate
- password protect a temporary file server
- test web apps against a local server with cors enabled

## When to choose
- you need a one-command temporary file server with upload/download
- you want quick HTTPS or basic auth on an ad-hoc file share
- you want a pipx-installable upgrade to SimpleHTTPServer

## When to avoid
- you need a production-grade web server with performance tuning
- you need multi-user authentication or fine-grained access control
- you need a persistent, hardened file-sharing service

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: http-server, file-upload, auth, security
- domain: developer-tools, files, web-development
- platform: python, cli, cross-platform
- tags: file-sharing, simplehttpserver-replacement, https, basic-auth, ad-hoc-ssl, command-line

## Member repositories
- sc0tfree/updog (main) score 63

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:02.175825+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:38:59.504916+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sc0tfree/updog (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:02.175825+00:00, sha 89e9b11fa7cc)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/updog/json (fetched 2026-08-29T09:33:12.678715+00:00, sha d8dec1718833)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.