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A Web Server for Chrome, serves web pages from a local folder over the network, using HTTP. Runs offline.
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Web Server for Chrome is an open source (MIT) HTTP server for Chrome.
It runs anywhere that you have Chrome installed, so you can take it anywhere. It even works on ARM chromebooks.
It now has the option to listen on the local network, so other computers can access your files. Additionally, it can try and get an internet address.
Many people use this to do basic web development on a chromebook. It is also handy for sharing files over a local network between computers, or even on the internet.
Once you install it, navigate to http://127.0.0.1:8887
Please let me know what new features you want!
https://github.com/kzahel/web-server-chrome
Update - 0.5.2 Apr 6 2021
- Add HTTPS self signed cert support (Thanks to Fredrik Johansson)
Update - 0.5.0 Jan 11 2020
- Add some mime types (mjs and wasm)
- Rewrite UI using react/material-ui
Update - 0.4.8 Sept 22 2017
- Correctly set CORS headers for OPTIONS
- Add PUT method to CORS methods
Update - 0.4.7 Sept 13 2017
- Single page app mod-rewrite
- Fix a curl compatibility issue
Update - 0.4.5 Oct 25 2016
- return JSON format if specify accept header or ?json=1 parameter
Update - 0.4.4 Oct 25 2016
- Show index.htm as well as index.html
Update - 0.4.3 Sept 21 2016
- Fix FileError deprecated in dev channel
Update - 0.4.1 May 23 2016
- Added verbose logging option
Update - 0.4.0 May 6 2016
- New option to get internet address using UPNP
- Less memory usage because it can suspend when inactive and automatically resume (persistent listening socket)
- Make package much smaller (< 1/2 meg)
- Add advanced options (CORS, IPV6, static rendering)
Update - 0.3.4 March 5 2016
- Add option to prevent system sleep
- Fix for ChromeOS, background mode with accessible to other computers
Update - Feb 14 2016
- Append ?static=1 query parameter to not use JS to generate directory listings
Update - Feb 8 2016
- Add auto start option
- Fix run in background mode
Update - Dec 14 2015
- Fix decoding filenames with commas and other characters
Update - Oct 13 2015
- Sort directory list by filename
- Option to automatically show index.html
Update - Oct 1 2015
- Correctly serve utf-8 encoding for filenames in directory listing
- New user interface
- New option to run in background
- New option to listen on whole network or only local
Update - Sept 28 2015
- Stop server when window is closed
- Option to change port
Update - Jul 14
- Add option to listen on all interfaces
Update - June 4
- Allow serving to other computers (non localhost) when Chrome version >= 44
Update - May 5
- Fix utf8 encoding
Update - version 0.1.6 Sept 9 2014
- Fix directory entry listing not rendering as HTML
- Now showing directory listings with >100 files
Update - version 0.1.5 Sept 5 2014
- Migrated to new chrome.sockets API
- Improved range request handling
- Support HEAD requests
Update - July 13
- Fix to work on some Chrome engines that don't have String.prototype.startsWith
Update - May 28
- Fix for modifiedDate when serving from google drive folder
Update - Mar 3, 2014
- Small fixes for socket edge cases
Update - Feb 27, 2014 (Stability fixes)
- Fixed edge cases with connection closing
- Fixed cases where files are deleted/removed
Update - Feb 20, 2014
- It streams large files and handles range requests now
- You can now select which directory to serve files from
Latest reviews
- (2025-06-25) Rajan Chaudhary - Vendor: Thermal printer is not working please resolve
- (2025-04-08) Pazza 2234: Must have for people who want to do web development on a school chromebook with sites like vscode.dev but their school will not let you use crosvm, or it is broken in your fakemurk/murkmod instance. RIP chouton.
- (2025-01-28) Ekene Agu: Will not allow me share files. Only runs well on local machine.
- (2024-09-14) Henri Frick: 10 / 10 i love this, so easy, works flawlessly... please never go away! Installation , activation, use, all is super easy and there are no payments along the way.
- (2024-03-02) Music: First time using ChromeOS and installed this 200 OK! Easy and friendly settings, probably the easiest webserver I've used. Loved it. If this can add extra server side support would be great (ie, PHP etc).
- (2024-02-17) Go Green: BEST Web server for chrome to do light shares and transfers.!
- (2024-02-06) mac shaffner: I have used this tool for a LONG time and it is one of the best tools i have ever found it allows me to test my games quickly without needing to make a website and upload a file everytime i want to test my games. it also allows me to have a library of everygame I made that runs on chrome without needing an internet connection. most importantly though it allows me to bring my games to school and play them with friends. thank you (:
- (2024-01-31) Christian Ortiz: Amazing tool, while it worked. Can only run on ChromeOS now. Simple and great tool for what it is.
- (2024-01-19) Spens Sir: it is awesome and simple to use i can also immediatly make the server public but with other servers i need to configure a bunch of other stuff which i very complicated
- (2023-12-19) Subhash Kakawat: its not working anymore on Windows getting the following message: "This item can only run on ChromeOS" please make it run on windows again
- (2023-12-11) Guillermo Larrosa: It was great, but now it's telling me that it can only run on chromeOS
- (2023-12-03) doge guide: real
- (2023-09-14) Pragya Tripathi: This is awesome, In just seconds i can run my build of both angular and react.
- (2023-08-11) James Larrowe: Works great on Chromebook. I use it to forward files to old devices that can't use the Internet anymore
- (2023-07-27) Edward Hennen: not opening
- (2023-07-07) Dipti Shinde: Does't working.....
- (2023-07-04) Abdulaziz: It isn't working anymore.
- (2023-06-29) Sebastien Lemieux: Doesn't work on recent chrome versions.
- (2023-05-23) Mr Beast: I would like to use php ext
- (2023-05-18) Laurent Bardy: Chrome Web Server has been transformed into a portable application for Windows / MacOS / Linux that you can find here: https://simplewebserver.org/ Simple Web Server has the same features and interface as Chrome Web Server. Thanks a lot to the people developing this great application! Chrome Web Server has been a great application! But unfortunately it has reached the end of its life cycle and is no longer developed or supported. Google is in the process of abandoning the Chrome Apps which should not be available since 2023 (see this announcement from Google: https://blog.chromium.org/2020/01/moving-forward-from-chrome-apps.html)
- (2023-04-05) #Snoworange535: excellent webpage development tools. easy to use and fast.
- (2023-04-02) Frank Großekathöfer: This extension I do need for my study and development. Thanks
- (2023-03-16) David: Amazing, just what I needed. Thanks for all the hard work!
- (2023-03-07) F S: Works exactly as stated. Nice app.!
- (2023-03-01) Hamoody Printpapa: Great, Simple and it does exactly what I want. Thank you Chromebeat!
- (2023-02-21) Visakh Viswambaren: Simple and useful
- (2023-02-19) obinna ngwu: I have never reviewed a chrome app or extension before in my life but this.. this is the good stuff right here!
- (2023-02-18) Julian B: awesome app
- (2023-02-15) Pete Plet: I've been looking for something like this for 2 years now and now I can finally run a local web server! 5 stars to the creator of this extension. (Too bad google might remove Chrome Apps).
- (2023-02-13) Fadli Syahroni: Whoever made this application, I am very grateful, I am very helpful, I hope kindness always accompanies me
- (2023-02-02) Deepesh Juyal: HATED IT
- (2023-01-21) Chaseio Gaming: its good try it for yourself
- (2023-01-17) pro2stinger: i see theres finally a cors option and thatis very nice but could you make a server executed file such as file (index.sjs): let res=[]; res.push('<input>') socket.write(buffer(res.join('\n')),socketId) i have made such projects in chrome and i've noticed its easy to achieve using new Function(...parameter<String>, content<String>)
- (2023-01-14) Бобряков Вадим: astonishing
- (2022-11-15) Reilly McLaren: Very simple to use. Convenient and user-friendly. Thanks for making it!
- (2022-11-08) Luna: Google will remove support for chrome apps in December 2022. This will be the end of usefull apps like this one. Instead, there's an alternative continuation called Simple Web Server. Check it out! https://simplewebserver.org/
- (2022-11-05) C Eller: Web Server for Chrome is always Starting. It never starts. I've tried turning off options and turning them on. Maybe I'm not supposd to use a folder on my local Chromebook in the SD card? But I wanted to use this offline as well as online so I did not choose a Google Drive folder.
- (2022-11-04) Mohan Kumar: This Application works and supports great. But I would want to open multiple instances of this application at a time. Hope we get such feature update ASAP.
- (2022-10-28) Amlan Saha Kundu: Probably the best simple web server out there... But don't know what will happen after 5 weeks :(
- (2022-10-26) Rocky Igniz: good good up!
- (2022-10-24) Jack Mochelle: What is going to happen when it is no longer supported in 5 weeks? Do you have plans to create something this simple and easy soon? need a replacement. the other web servers are too complex and they do not work on my office computer, open port issue and permissions issues. THIS IS SO EASY. Please say you are going to release something like this.
- (2022-10-07) Nhu Than Phan: please update to new extension requirements
- (2022-10-03) John Fischer: It doesn't get any easier than this! IPV6 is also fine. Well done app. Thanks!
- (2022-10-02) Alexa: Works just like how it shows..! However.. I can't run it on other devices. :(
- (2022-09-27) TRAORE Ballé: Excellent tool for testing web apps builds
- (2022-09-27) Ir Anggoro Yudho N (PT APF Tbk): Really love it
- (2022-09-19) ИYN: Does not work on Vivaldi v5.4.2753.51 (Stable channel) (64-bit)
- (2022-09-10) Samuel 2244: Top Localhost Sever even with internet connection
- (2022-08-28) Edwin Murugu: This is the ideal way to teach anyone the basics of setting up a web server
- (2022-08-23) 360 Virtual Tour Solutions: It's very helpful! This works beautifully without the need for other software to use for a dev environment.