# live-server

Simple development HTTP server for Node.js that reloads the browser when project files change.

STUB. This software has no release or pre-release in four years, or its project site no longer shows it, so it is not part of the register, not counted and not indexed. It will be checked again.

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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://tapiov.net/live-server/
- repository: https://github.com/tapio/live-server
- docs: https://github.com/tapio/live-server#readme

### Identity

- status: stub
- maintainer: Tapio Vierros
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2012
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: dev-tool
- hosting: not applicable
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: node 0.10
- 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: npm install -g live-server

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2022-04-27

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 4562
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 130837
- contributors: 27
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 39480
- dependentPackages: 2058

### Sources

- urls: https://tapiov.net/live-server/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/tapio/live-server (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://github.com/tapio/live-server/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://github.com/tapio/live-server/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/tapio/live-server (read 2026-10-28)
- runtime: https://github.com/tapio/live-server/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/tapio/live-server/blob/master/package.json (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://github.com/tapio/live-server/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://tapiov.net/live-server/ (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://github.com/tapio/live-server/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/tapio/live-server/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://github.com/tapio/live-server/blob/master/package.json (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainerType: https://api.github.com/users/tapio (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://registry.npmjs.org/live-server (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://registry.npmjs.org/live-server/latest (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://registry.npmjs.org/live-server (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/tapio/live-server (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/tapio/live-server/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-28)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-09-28:2026-10-04/live-server (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/live-server (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/live-server (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

live-server is a development HTTP server for Node.js with live reload. It is installed from npm and maintained by Tapio Vierros. The author's page describes it as a little development server with live reload capability.

## Worth knowing

The author's page says the server is not for deploying the final site.

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