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live-server

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

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.

Identity

Status
Stub
Maintainer
Tapio Vierros4
Maintained by
Individual5
First release
20126

Rendering and deploy

Runs as
Dev only1
Install with
npm install -g live-server3

Releases

Current major version
17
Last release
2022-04-276

Adoption

GitHub stars
4,5622
npm downloads a week
130,8379
Contributors
278
Dependent repositories
39,48010
Dependent packages
2,05810

Why these figures do not compare

Sources

  1. 2026-10-28: links, Runs as
    tapiov.net/live-server/
  2. 2026-10-28: links, Written in, GitHub stars
    api.github.com/repos/tapio/live-server
  3. 2026-10-28: links, Categories, Runtime, Install with, License, License model
    github.com/tapio/live-server/blob/master/README.md
  4. 2026-10-28: Minimum runtime, Maintainer
    github.com/tapio/live-server/blob/master/package.json
  5. 2026-10-28: Maintained by
    api.github.com/users/tapio
  6. 2026-10-28: First release, Last release
    registry.npmjs.org/live-server
  7. 2026-10-28: Current major version
    registry.npmjs.org/live-server/latest
  8. 2026-10-28: Contributors
    api.github.com/repos/tapio/live-server/contributors?per_page=1
  9. 2026-10-28: npm downloads a week
    api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-09-28:2026-10-04/live-server
  10. 2026-10-28: Dependent packages, Dependent repositories
    packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/live-server

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