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?
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Summary
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
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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
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- Easy to use
- Convenient for webpage development
- Not available on Windows
- Limited server side support
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Risk impact
Web Server for Chrome is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Web Server for Chrome has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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