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@eeue56/gweld

v1.2.0

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A very minimal SimpleHttpServer alternative in Node.js with live-reload

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eeue56eeue56

Keywords

http.serverSimpleHttpServerlive reloadhttp server

Readme

gweld

A minimal SimpleHttpServer/http.server alternative in Node.js with live-reload.

Supports:

  • "Smart" live-reloading to trigger when an request file is changed (i.e reload index.html if it uses main.css, and main.css changes)
  • ESM-imports client-side
  • Video streaming
  • Very quick

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Install

npm install -g @eeue56/gweld

Usage

gweld <folder> [PORT]

or via npx

npx @eeue56/gweld <folder> [PORT]

What

Intended for when working with pure client-side applications.

  • Serve .html files with live refresh (if any files in the dir change, reload)
  • Serve other files as normal chunked files
  • Uses only Node stdlib

Why

  • python3 -m http.server doesn't have a live reload
  • All the Node alternatives import like a thousand libraries
  • I don't like adding dependencies that aren't needed to provide some core functionality

Name

Gweld is the Welsh for "watch". Gweld is part of the Hiraeth collection.