miniserve

miniserve is a small, self-contained web server that shares files and
folders over HTTP. It supports uploads, authentication, TLS and archive
downloads.

Examples

miniserve ~/Downloads

miniserve --port 9000 --auth user:password ~/share

miniserve --upload-files ~/inbox

Background service

The service is installed disabled and listens on 127.0.0.1:8080, serving
/var/snap/miniserve/common/www. To configure and start it:

sudo snap set miniserve port=8080 interfaces=0.0.0.0

sudo snap start --enable miniserve

File access

miniserve can serve files in your home directory. To also serve USB drives
and other removable media (/media, /mnt), run:

sudo snap connect miniserve:removable-media