http-server alternatives and related modules

Based on the "Command Line Apps" category

• Babel

  9.8 9.5 L4 http-server VS Babel

  Use next generation JavaScript, today.

• Standard

  9.6 8.3 L5 http-server VS Standard

  JavaScript Standard Style

• ESLint

  9.4 9.4 L1 http-server VS ESLint

  The pluggable linting utility for JavaScript.

• ignite

  8.9 7.8 http-server VS ignite

  The unfair starting CLI, Generator, and more for React Native

• pageres

  8.6 5.9 L5 http-server VS pageres

  Capture website screenshots.

• Cash

  8.4 0.3 L4 http-server VS Cash

  Cross-platform Unix shell commands in pure JavaScript.

• JSCS

  7.9 0.0 L4 http-server VS JSCS

  JavaScript Code Style checker.

• fkill

  7.8 4.1 http-server VS fkill

  Fabulously kill processes. Cross-platform.

• slap

  7.7 0.0 http-server VS slap

  Sublime-like terminal-based text editor.

• XO

  7.5 6.0 L4 http-server VS XO

  Enforce strict code style using the JavaScript happiness style.

• np

  7.4 8.0 L4 http-server VS np

  A better npm publish.

• yo

  7.0 5.3 L5 http-server VS yo

  Run Yeoman generators.

• vantage

  7.0 0.0 L5 http-server VS vantage

  Distributed, realtime CLI for your live app.

• Live Server

  6.9 2.7 L3 http-server VS Live Server

  A simple development HTTP-server with livereload capability.

• alex

  6.9 5.8 http-server VS alex

  Catch insensitive, inconsiderate writing.

• ttystudio

  6.8 0.0 L4 http-server VS ttystudio

  Record your terminal and compile it to a GIF or APNG without any external dependencies, bash scripts, gif concatenation, etc.

• jsinspect

  6.8 0.0 L5 http-server VS jsinspect

  Detect copy-pasted and structurally similar code.

• vtop

  6.8 3.6 L3 http-server VS vtop

  More better top, with nice charts.

• speed-test

  6.8 3.2 http-server VS speed-test

  Test your internet connection speed and ping.

• trash

  6.0 5.3 http-server VS trash

  A safer alternative to rm.

• rtail

  5.9 0.0 http-server VS rtail

  Terminal output to the browser in seconds, using UNIX pipes.

• license-checker

  5.4 5.6 L5 http-server VS license-checker

  Check licenses of your app's dependencies.

• esformatter

  5.4 0.0 L5 http-server VS esformatter

  JavaScript code beautifier/formatter.

• trymodule

  5.3 0.0 http-server VS trymodule

  Try out npm packages in the terminal.

• David

  5.2 0.0 L5 http-server VS David

  Tells you when your package npm dependencies are out of date.

• is-online

  5.1 4.2 http-server VS is-online

  Check if the internet connection is up.

• torrent

  4.8 0.0 L5 http-server VS torrent

  Download torrents.

• wallpaper

  4.8 5.3 http-server VS wallpaper

  Change the desktop wallpaper.

• wifi-password

  4.6 0.0 http-server VS wifi-password

  Get the current wifi password.

• public-ip

  4.4 4.1 http-server VS public-ip

  Get your public IP address.

• dark-mode

  4.2 1.5 http-server VS dark-mode

  Toggle the OS X Dark Mode.

• itunes-remote

  4.0 0.0 L5 http-server VS itunes-remote

  Interactively control iTunes.

• browser-run

  3.9 4.5 L4 http-server VS browser-run

  Easily run code in a browser environment.

• pjs

  3.7 0.0 L5 http-server VS pjs

  Pipeable JavaScript. Quickly filter, map, and reduce from the terminal.

• is-up

  3.6 1.2 http-server VS is-up

  Check whether a website is up or down.

• Whatspup

  3.4 5.2 http-server VS Whatspup

  🔳 WhatsApp chat from commandline/console/cli using GoogleChrome puppeteer

• pen

  3.3 0.7 L5 http-server VS pen

  Live Markdown preview in the browser from your favorite editor.

• cpy

  3.3 5.4 L5 http-server VS cpy

  Copy files.

• bcat

  3.3 0.0 http-server VS bcat

  Pipe command output to web browsers.

• kill-tabs

  3.2 0.0 http-server VS kill-tabs

  Kill all Chrome tabs to improve performance, decrease battery usage, and save memory.

• diff2html-cli

  3.0 7.3 L5 http-server VS diff2html-cli

  Pretty git diff to HTML generator.

• normit

  2.9 0.0 http-server VS normit

  Google Translate with speech synthesis in your terminal.

• iponmap

  2.9 0.0 http-server VS iponmap

  IP location finder.

• tty-table

  2.8 5.9 L4 http-server VS tty-table

  CLI table for nodejs and the browser. Automatic word wrap, padding, alignment, colors, Asian character support, per-column callbacks, and you can pass rows as objects or arrays.

• Jsome

  2.5 0.0 http-server VS Jsome

  Pretty prints JSON with configurable colors and indentation.

• brightness

  2.4 0.0 http-server VS brightness

  Change the screen brightness.

• npm-home

  2.4 3.0 http-server VS npm-home

  Open the npm page of a package.

• gh-home

  2.4 3.8 http-server VS gh-home

  Open the GitHub page of the repo in the current directory.

• dev-time

  2.4 0.0 http-server VS dev-time

  Get the current local time of a GitHub user.

• npm-name

  2.3 6.0 http-server VS npm-name

  Check whether a package name is available on npm.

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