node.js (http-server)
$ npm install http-server -g
Usage
$ http-server [path] [options]
Starting up http-server, serving ./
Available on:
http://XXX.X.X.X:8080
http://XXX.XX.X.XXX:8080
Hit CTRL-C to stop the server
Available Options:
-p Port to use (defaults to 8080)
-a Address to use (defaults to 0.0.0.0)
-d Show directory listings (defaults to 'True')
-i Display autoIndex (defaults to 'True')
-e or --ext Default file extension if none supplied (defaults to 'html')
-s or --silent Suppress log messages from output
--cors Enable CORS via the Access-Control-Allow-Origin header
-o Open browser window after starting the server
-c Set cache time (in seconds) for cache-control max-age header, e.g. -c10 for 10 seconds (defaults to '3600'). To disable caching, use -c-1.
Example
$ http-server /htdocs -o
Python (SimpleHTTPServer)
$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer[port]
Example
$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000
PHP (Built-In Web Server)
$ cd ~/public_html
$ php -S localhost:8000 [-t path]
Example
$ php -S 0.0.0.0:8000 -t /htdocs