lighttpd
brew install lighttpd
v1.4.84
BSD-3-Clause
Small memory footprint, flexible web-server
197
30-day installs · #2629
278
90-day · #3663
1.5k
365-day · #3186
Runtime dependencies
Build dependencies
Links
- https://www.lighttpd.net/
- Brew formula source: Formula/l/lighttpd.rb
Caveats
Docroot is: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/var/www The default port has been set in $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf to 8080 so that lighttpd can run without sudo.
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