# webpack-contrib/webpack-serve

Repository has moved:

Repository: https://github.com/webpack-contrib/webpack-serve
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/webpack-serve
Homepage: https://github.com/shellscape/webpack-serve
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: webpack, development, server, middleware, devserver
Archived: true
Last push: 2018-09-18T09:57:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3172, "days_push": 2906, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1089, forks 63 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:32.712637+00:00)

## What it is
A lean, flexible webpack development server with a CLI and programmatic API, built on webpack-dev-middleware and webpack-hot-client. The original webpack-contrib version is deprecated in favor of webpack-dev-server, while a successor CLI exists for webpack-plugin-serve.

## Use cases
- serve a webpack bundle during development
- hot module replacement with native websockets
- run a dev server from the command line with a webpack config
- serve static content alongside webpack builds
- set up https or http2 for local development

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - use webpack-dev-server instead
- you need actively maintained tooling or security fixes
- you need to support browsers without native WebSocket

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: http-server, cli, middleware
- domain: web-development, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: webpack, dev-server, hot-reload, deprecated, javascript, command-line, nodejs

## Member repositories
- webpack-contrib/webpack-serve (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:32.712637+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 2026-08-30T06:49:20.259169+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/webpack-contrib/webpack-serve (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:32.712637+00:00, sha 005f31ef2fe1)
  - homepage: https://github.com/shellscape/webpack-serve (fetched 2026-08-29T12:51:40.527549+00:00, sha a7c20efa25fe)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.