HT-Serve

About

HT-Serve is a self-contained, production-grade development server that serves static content over HTTPS, watches for changes in your working directory, and automatically reloads all connected browsers using WebSockets.

Features

• Zero-config TLS via auto-generated self-signed certificates
• Live reload of HTML/CSS/JS when files are updated
• WebSocket-based reload push system
• Structured CLI with commands like serve, check, and reset-demo
• Health check endpoint at /healthz
• Debug mode with verbose logging via HT_DEBUG=1

Usage

To start the server:

ht-serve serve --open-browser

To check if ports 443/8001 are available:

ht-serve check

To reset the demo site:

ht-serve reset-demo

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