Command-line tool

darkhttpd

brew/darkhttpd

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Small static webserver without CGI

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install darkhttpd

Linux

brew install darkhttpd

Start server serving the specified document root

darkhttpd path/to/docroot

Start server on specified port (port 8080 by default if running as non-root user)

darkhttpd path/to/docroot --port port

Listen only on specified IP address (by default, the server listens on all interfaces)

darkhttpd path/to/docroot --addr ip_address

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