# Live Server

Visual Studio Code extension that starts a local development server with live browser reload for static and dynamic pages.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/live-server-vscode/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-28
Listed since: 2026-10-28

## Record

### Links

- home: https://ritwickdey.github.io/vscode-live-server/
- repository: https://github.com/ritwickdey/vscode-live-server
- docs: https://github.com/ritwickdey/vscode-live-server/blob/master/docs/settings.md

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Ritwick Dey
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2018
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: dev-tool
- hosting: not applicable
- language: javascript
- runtime: unknown
- runtimeMin: not applicable
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: local
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: VS Code Marketplace, ext install ritwickdey.liveserver

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 5
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-02-27

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 6877
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: unknown
- contributors: 36
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://ritwickdey.github.io/vscode-live-server/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/ritwickdey/vscode-live-server (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://github.com/ritwickdey/vscode-live-server/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://github.com/ritwickdey/vscode-live-server/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/ritwickdey/vscode-live-server (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://github.com/ritwickdey/vscode-live-server/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://github.com/ritwickdey/vscode-live-server/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/ritwickdey/vscode-live-server (read 2026-10-28)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ritwickdey/vscode-live-server/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://github.com/ritwickdey/vscode-live-server/blob/master/package.json (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainerType: https://api.github.com/users/ritwickdey (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/ritwickdey/vscode-live-server/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/ritwickdey/vscode-live-server/releases/latest (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/ritwickdey/vscode-live-server/releases/latest (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/ritwickdey/vscode-live-server (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/ritwickdey/vscode-live-server/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

Live Server is a Visual Studio Code extension that launches a local development server with a live reload feature for static and dynamic pages. It is installed from the VS Code Marketplace and is maintained by Ritwick Dey.

## Worth knowing

The server runs on the developer's computer. The README points to a separate extension for server-side pages such as PHP.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0