hotserve

A lightweight C99 HTTP/1.1 server.

Functionality

• Serve a directory
• Watch the served directory and reload the served page on file change

Help

Usage: hotserve [OPTIONS] <DIRECTORY>

A minimal HTTP/1.1 server with development utiliites, such as source file watcher and SSE triggered page reload.

Options:
   -watch    Reloads the served page when any files in the served directory change
   -port <N> Port number to listen at (default: 8080)"
   -help     Prints this help message

Development

Build only tested on linux. Targets C99 libc with 1993 POSIX extensions.

To build, run ./build.sh

Available arguments for the script (through env vars):

• RELEASE: toggles between release and debug builds (default: 0)
• WERR: enables -Werror compiler flag (default: 1)
• NO_CLR: disables deleting the build directory before building (default: 0)
• RUN: when enabled, automatically runs the binary with gdb after build (default: 0)
• ENTRY: build entrypoint - assumes unity build (default: "src/entry_linux_cli.c")
• OUT_BIN: name of the built binary (default: "out")
• CC: compiler to be used (default: "clang -DCOMPILER_CLANG")