Serves Markdown files over HTTP.
No magic, just serves static files out of a directory. If a file is a .md
file, it will render the Markdown into HTML. It will serve README.md
or
index.html
when a directory is requested if either exist.
By default the Bootstrap (v2.3.1) CSS file is linked to the generated HTML documents. Markdown is parsed by the marked library.
I made this project because I wanted the easiest way to preview documentation
files that would be uploaded to Github. Many existing utilities change the file
name (e.g. request test.html
for the test.md
file) or are too hard to
setup. Note that this is probably not secure, it is not meant for
development purposes.
Install using NPM: npm install servemd -g
servemd & # Starts the server on port 3000
curl http://localhost:3000/ # Get the contents of the README.md file rendered
Options:
servemd -d ~/ # Serves files from specified directory
servemd -p 1234 # Listens on the specified port
servemd -s mystyles.css # Link the specified CSS file to the HTML
servemd --help # Get more help
It currently does not do any syntax highlighting.