@grundstein/gss

@grundstein/gss

gss: grundstein static (file) server

features:

static files

serves a local directory from disk.

big files get sent as streams

video and audio files get sent as streams

serves compressed files

if .gz files exist in the public directory.

client caching

cache control headers cache client files. if public/etags.csv exists, which @grundstein/prepare-static-files generates, the contents of this file will be used as cache.

fast

server starts in 5 - 10 milliseconds, response for a 100kb file takes 0.1 - 0.5 milliseconds. load does not change this numbers until the hard disc bandwith limits are reached.

installation

npm i -g @grundstein/gss

usage

// show full help
gss --help

// serve the ./public directory
gss --dir public

// serve specific directory
gss --dir local/directory/path

// serve on specific host and port
gss --host grundstein.it --port 2323

changelog

v0.0.1

first release