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Live Server for Golang	A simple live-reloading static file server built in Golang.

🚀 Live Server for Golang

A lightweight, fast, and feature-rich live server built with Go. It serves static files, watches for changes, and reloads the browser automatically.

✨ Features

• 📂 Serve static files from any directory
• 🔄 Live reload when files change
• ⚡ Customizable port (-port=3000)
• 🔍 Directory listing (if index.html is missing)
• 🌐 Auto-open browser
• 🛑 Ignore specific directories (-ignore=node_modules)
• 🎯 Filter file types to watch (-watch=.html,.css,.js)
• 🔀 Watch multiple directories
• 🔒 SSL support (to be added later)

📦 Installation

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/your-repo/go-live-server.git
cd go-live-server

2. Build the binary

go build -o go-file-serve

2. Run the server

./go-file-serve [path_to_you_directory]

📦 CLI Usage

./go-file-serve public

Available Flags

Flag	Default	Description
-port	8080	Set the port for the server
-ignore	node_modules	Ignore directories (comma-separated)
-watch	.html,.css,.js	File types to watch for live reload
-open	true	Automatically open browser

Example

Serve the dist folder on port 3000, ignoring logs:

./go-file-serve  -port=3000 -ignore=logs dist

🌍 Live Reload Setup

Include this script inside your HTML files for live reloading:

<script>
    const ws = new WebSocket(`ws://${location.host}/ws`);
    ws.onmessage = () => location.reload();
</script>

🛠️ Development

For testing, run:

go run main.go public

📜 License

MIT License.