# miniserve

Command-line tool that serves files and directories over HTTP from a single binary.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/miniserve/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-30
Listed since: 2026-10-30

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/svenstaro/miniserve

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Sven-Hendrik Haase
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2018
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: web-server
- hosting: binary
- language: rust
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- 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: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: binary download from the GitHub releases page

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-04-08

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 8040
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 72
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 1
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://github.com/svenstaro/miniserve (read 2026-10-30)
- maintainer: https://github.com/svenstaro/miniserve/blob/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-30)
- category: https://github.com/svenstaro/miniserve/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- language: https://github.com/svenstaro/miniserve (read 2026-10-30)
- runtime: https://github.com/svenstaro/miniserve/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- runsAs: https://github.com/svenstaro/miniserve/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://github.com/svenstaro/miniserve/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://github.com/svenstaro/miniserve/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://github.com/svenstaro/miniserve/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://github.com/svenstaro/miniserve/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://github.com/svenstaro/miniserve/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://github.com/svenstaro/miniserve/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://github.com/svenstaro/miniserve/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://github.com/svenstaro/miniserve/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://github.com/svenstaro/miniserve/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- license: https://github.com/svenstaro/miniserve/blob/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-30)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/svenstaro/miniserve/blob/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-30)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/svenstaro/miniserve/releases/tag/v0.35.0 (read 2026-10-30)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/svenstaro/miniserve/releases/tag/v0.35.0 (read 2026-10-30)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/svenstaro/miniserve/releases/tag/v0.1.2 (read 2026-10-30)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/crates.io/packages/miniserve (read 2026-10-30)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/svenstaro/miniserve (read 2026-10-30)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/svenstaro/miniserve/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-30)

## Notes

miniserve is a command-line web server that serves one file or one directory over HTTP from a single binary. Its systemd unit can start it for a path as a daemon, so it can serve a directory unattended. It can be installed from release binaries and several package managers, with Cargo from crates.io, or run from a Docker or Podman image.

## Worth knowing

By default miniserve listens on all interfaces. The README notes that a public interface can also need the systemd unit's address rules changed.

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