https://github.com/alphahydrae/port-tester

A minimal HTTP server that responds to any request with a user-provided string. Useful for testing port accessibility.
https://github.com/alphahydrae/port-tester

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A minimal HTTP server that responds to any request with a user-provided string. Useful for testing port accessibility.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/alphahydrae/port-tester
• Owner: AlphaHydrae
• License: mit
• Created: 2025-08-23T17:40:26.000Z (11 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-08-23T20:59:30.000Z (11 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-08-24T07:13:16.648Z (11 months ago)
• Language: Rust
• Size: 34.2 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 0
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.txt

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# Port Tester

A minimal HTTP server that responds to any request with a user-provided string.

Useful for testing port accessibility.

[![build](https://github.com/AlphaHydrae/port-tester/actions/workflows/build.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/AlphaHydrae/port-tester/actions/workflows/build.yml)

[![MIT License](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=license&message=MIT&color=informational)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

## Usage

```sh

port-tester --exit-after 60 &

curl http://localhost:3000 # Hello, World!

```

With options:

```sh

port-tester "Test response" --port 8081 --exit-after 60 &

curl http://localhost:8081 # Test response

```

## Installation

Download the [latest release

here](https://github.com/AlphaHydrae/port-tester/releases).

## Configuration

| Option                   | Description                       | Default  | Properties         |

| ------------------------ | --------------------------------- | -------- | ------------------ |

| `--port, -p `      | Port to listen on                 | `3000`   | `1–65535`          |

| `--exit-after ` | Seconds before automatic shutdown | _(none)_ | `1–86400` (24 hrs) |

## Credits

GitHub Copilot did ~~pretty much all~~ most of the work.