Web Server for Chrome

A Web Server for Chrome, serves web pages from a local folder over the network, using HTTP. Runs offline.

What is Web Server for Chrome?

"Web Server for Chrome" is an open source HTTP server for Chrome, designed to serve web pages from a local folder over the network. This efficient offline-capable extension works on any platform with Chrome, providing opportunities like web development on a Chromebook or sharing files between computers on a local network. It also boasts the capacity to function on the internet - adding further to its versatility. Over the years, it has updated with new features including HTTPS support, new mime types, CORS headers setup and more, all while maintaining smooth operation.

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Users: 300,000+

Rating: 4.75 (1,902)

Version: 0.5.2 (Last updated: 2021-04-07)

Creation date: 2020-01-11

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

alarms
unlimitedStorage
storage
notifications
browser
power
system.network
{"fileSystem":["write","directory","retainEntries"]}

Size: 1.10M

Email: gr*****@gmail.com

URLs: Website

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Web Server for Chrome is an open source (MIT) HTTP server for Chrome.

It runs anywhere that you have Chrome installed, so you can take it anywhere. It even works on ARM chromebooks.

It now has the option to listen on the local network, so other computers can access your files. Additionally, it can try and get an internet address.

Many people use this to do basic web development on a chromebook. It is also handy for sharing files over a local network between computers, or even on the internet.

Once you install it, navigate to http://127.0.0.1:8887

Please let me know what new features you want!

https://github.com/kzahel/web-server-chrome

Update - 0.5.2 Apr 6 2021

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Easy to use
Light shares and transfers
Convenient for webpage development

Cons

No longer supported on Windows
Limited server side support (e.g. PHP)
Not working on recent Chrome versions

Most mentioned

Easy to use
Convenient for webpage development
Not available on Windows
Limited server side support

Recent reviews

First time using ChromeOS and installed this 200 OK! Easy and friendly settings, probably the easiest webserver I've used. Loved it. If this can add extra server side support would be great (ie, PHP etc).

Music, 2024-03-02

I've been looking for something like this for 2 years now and now I can finally run a local web server! 5 stars to the creator of this extension. (Too bad google might remove Chrome Apps).