watchserve

watchserve

watchserve is an HTTP file server that's watching the served file for updates and automatically reloads the page in any modern JavaScript-capable browser.

Install

1. download the latest version of Go.
2. run the following command:

go get github.com/romshark/watchserve

How to use

watchserve -host localhost:8080 -f myfile.txt

• -help prints help.
• -f specifies the file to watch.
• -host specifies the server address to listen on.
• -debounce specifies how much time needs to pass after the last change was detected before a reload is triggered.
• -no-redirect disables automatic redirect to the browser on start.