{"repo":"bboe/extended_http_server","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/bboe/extended_http_server","clone":"git clone https://github.com/bboe/extended_http_server.git","description":"An extended version of python's SimpleHTTPServer that supports https, authentication, rate limiting, and download resuming.","language":"Python","stars":92,"topics":["cli","http-server","https","python"],"license":"BSD-2-Clause","category":"networking-infra","readme_excerpt":"ext http server An extended version of Python's http.server that turns a simple static file server into one supporting HTTPS, HTTP Basic authentication, server-to-client rate limiting, and resumable downloads via HTTP Range requests. Requirements ext http server supports Python 3.10 through 3.14. Installation Install the ext http server command with uv: uv tool install ext http server Generate a certificate Generate a self-signed certificate, writing the private key and certificate together into cert.pem (the single file --cert expects). This uses a modern ECDSA P-256 key, which every common TLS client supports (Ed25519 keys are newer but are rejected by some clients, including the LibreSSL-based curl that ships with macOS as of June 2026): openssl req -x509 -newkey ec -pkeyopt ec paramgen curve:prime256v1 -noenc -keyout cert.pem -out cert.pem -days 365 -subj \"/CN=localhost\" Running ext http server If you have files you want to serve in /tmp/path/to/files/ run the following to serve them up with a max outgoing throughput of 16KBps: ext http server --cert cert.pem -d /tmp/path/to/files -r16 -a foo:bar Or run it once without installing: uvx ext http server --cert cert.pem -d /tmp/path/to/files -r16 -a foo:bar By default, you will be able to access the webserver at https://localhost:8000. To authenticate, use the username foo and the password bar as indicated by the -a foo:bar argument. Note that multiple -a arguments can be added to add more than one user.","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/bboe","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/bboe/extended_http_server/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}