https://github.com/luzifer/gziphttp

Very simple HTTP server for serving static files with ability for gzip compression if supported by the client
https://github.com/luzifer/gziphttp

golang gzip http server

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Very simple HTTP server for serving static files with ability for gzip compression if supported by the client

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/luzifer/gziphttp
• Owner: Luzifer
• License: apache-2.0
• Created: 2019-06-01T23:12:58.000Z (about 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-09-03T13:26:53.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-06-12T08:02:06.051Z (about 1 month ago)
• Topics: golang, gzip, http, server
• Language: Go
• Homepage:
• Size: 13.7 KB
• Stars: 6
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: History.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Luzifer / gziphttp

Very simple HTTP server for serving static files with ability for gzip compression if supported by the client.

## Usage

```console

# gziphttp -h

Usage of gziphttp:

      --listen string      Port/IP to listen on (default ":3000")

      --log-level string   Log level (debug, info, warn, error, fatal) (default "info")

  -d, --serve-dir string   Directory to serve files from (default ".")

      --version            Prints current version and exits

```

Here is an example usage inside a Docker container containing (quite large) compiled JavaScript files:

```dockerfile

FROM golang:alpine as go

RUN set -ex \

 && apk add git \

 && go get -v github.com/Luzifer/gziphttp

FROM node:alpine as node

COPY . /src

WORKDIR /src

RUN set -ex \

 && npm ci \

 && npm run build

FROM alpine:latest

COPY --from=go    /go/bin/gziphttp  /usr/local/bin/

COPY --from=node  /src/dist         /usr/local/share/webtotp

EXPOSE 3000/tcp

CMD ["gziphttp", "-d", "/usr/local/share/webtotp"]

```

In this case `gziphttp` serves compressed files to most (all modern) browsers which ensures the download size of the JavaScript files does not hurt as much as it would without gzip compression.