www/content/blog/commands/busybox-web-server.md

---
title: "Busybox web server"
date: 2019-04-16
description: How to serve static files from only busybox
tags:
  - linux
  - toolbox
---

## The command

If you have been using things like `python -m SimpleHTTPServer` to serve static files in a pinch, here is something even more simple and lightweight to use :

```sh
busybox httpd -vfp 80
```
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			`title: "Busybox web server"`
			`date: 2019-04-16`
First big articles reformatting now that I properly understand hugo 2021-03-11 19:47:26 +01:00			`description: How to serve static files from only busybox`
			`tags:`
			`- linux`
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First big articles reformatting now that I properly understand hugo 2021-03-11 19:47:26 +01:00			`## The command`

			If you have been using things like `python -m SimpleHTTPServer` to serve static files in a pinch, here is something even more simple and lightweight to use :
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Long overdue first commit with content 2020-04-28 17:29:52 +02:00			`busybox httpd -vfp 80`
Refactored syntax highlighting shortcodes into markdown 2023-04-23 22:33:49 +02:00			```