[jfr]

Simpler:

    python -m SimpleHTTPServer

[tdavis]

Almost as simple, but production-ready (fast, daemonize-able, ssl, etc.):

  twistd -n web --port=8080 --path=.

[remi]

Funny thing is, one of the reason I wrote annyong was because I was getting tired of the boring SimpleHTTPServer listing style and found no simple alternatives :)

[xutopia]

This isn't the same thing. Annyong shows you a list of files rather than serving straight up. If there is an index.html file it's just listed like all the other files. See the readme for more info.

[drx]

Or in python3:

python -m http.server

[wildmXranat]

Indeed. I use this method way too much. In fact, when I baked my own static page compiler script, this was the 'built-in' server.

[known]

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/browser-serve...

[terhechte]

Aw, I was just about to write just that comment. :)

[mattew]

Me too. I don't use python for development on a day to day basis but use the python SimpleHTTPServer all the time.

[pclouds]

busybox httpd