http-file-server is a dependency-free HTTP file server. Beyond directory listings and file downloads, it lets you download a whole directory as as .zip or .tar.gz (generated on-the-fly).
$ http-file-server /tmp
2018/11/13 23:00:03 serving local path "/tmp" on "/tmp/"
2018/11/13 23:00:03 redirecting to "/tmp/" from "/"
2018/11/13 23:00:03 http-file-server listening on ":8080"$ cd /tmp
$ http-file-server
2018/12/13 03:18:00 serving local path "/tmp" on "/tmp/"
2018/12/13 03:18:00 redirecting to "/tmp/" from "/"
2018/12/13 03:18:00 http-file-server listening on ":8080"$ http-file-server -p 1234 /1=/tmp /2=/var/tmp
2018/11/13 23:01:44 serving local path "/tmp" on "/1/"
2018/11/13 23:01:44 serving local path "/var/tmp" on "/2/"
2018/11/13 23:01:44 redirecting to "/1/" from "/"
2018/11/13 23:01:44 http-file-server listening on ":1234"$ export PORT=9999
$ http-file-server /abc/def/ghi=/tmp
2018/11/13 23:05:52 serving local path "/tmp" on "/abc/def/ghi/"
2018/11/13 23:05:52 redirecting to "/abc/def/ghi/" from "/"
2018/11/13 23:05:52 http-file-server listening on ":9999"$ ./http-file-server -uploads /=/path/to/serve
2020/03/10 22:00:54 serving local path "/path/to/serve" on "/"
2020/03/10 22:00:54 http-file-server listening on ":8080"curl -LF "file=@example.txt" localhost:8080/path/to/upload/toTo terminate SSL at the file server, set -ssl-cert (SSL_CERTIFICATE) and -ssl-key (SSL_KEY) to the respective files' paths:
$ ./http-file-server -port 8443 -ssl-cert server.crt -ssl-key server.key
2020/03/10 22:00:54 http-file-server (HTTPS) listening on ":8443"go get -u github.com/sgreben/http-file-serverOr download a binary from the releases page, or from the shell:
# Linux
curl -L https://github.com/sgreben/http-file-server/releases/download/1.6.1/http-file-server_1.6.1_linux_x86_64.tar.gz | tar xz
# OS X
curl -L https://github.com/sgreben/http-file-server/releases/download/1.6.1/http-file-server_1.6.1_osx_x86_64.tar.gz | tar xz
# Windows
curl -LO https://github.com/sgreben/http-file-server/releases/download/1.6.1/http-file-server_1.6.1_windows_x86_64.zip
unzip http-file-server_1.6.1_windows_x86_64.ziphttp-file-server [OPTIONS] [[ROUTE=]PATH] [[ROUTE=]PATH...]
Usage of http-file-server:
-a string
(alias for -addr) (default ":8080")
-addr string
address to listen on (environment variable "ADDR") (default ":8080")
-p int
(alias for -port)
-port int
port to listen on (overrides -addr port) (environment variable "PORT")
-q (alias for -quiet)
-quiet
disable all log output (environment variable "QUIET")
-r value
(alias for -route)
-route value
a route definition ROUTE=PATH (ROUTE defaults to basename of PATH if omitted)
-ssl-cert string
path to SSL server certificate (environment variable "SSL_CERTIFICATE")
-ssl-key string
path to SSL private key (environment variable "SSL_KEY")
-u (alias for -uploads)
-uploads
allow uploads (environment variable "UPLOADS")