miniserve
CLI tool to serve files and dirs over HTTP.
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Still maintained? Yes: 4 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.35.0 (Apr 2026).
At a glance
miniserve quick facts
- Health score
- 54/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 8,038
- Last commit
- 29 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v0.35.0, Apr 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "For when you really just want to serve some files over HTTP right now!"
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
miniserve scores 54/100, #11 of 17 in File Transfer - Web-based File Managers: 4 commits in the last 90 days earn 4.7 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.35.0, 7 months ago) earns 23.8 of 25, 8,038 stars add 15.6 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 30.3 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 4.7 / 35
4 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 23.8 / 25
v0.35.0 released 7 months ago
- Stars 15.6 / 20
8k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 4
- Last 90 days
- 109
- Last 12 months
- 29 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #11 of 17 tools in File Transfer - Web-based File Managers by health , between IFM (#10) and slcl (#12) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Rust |
| Latest release | v0.35.0 · 7 months ago |
| Stars | 8,038 |
| Open issues | 81 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | svenstaro/miniserve ↗ |
miniserve vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with miniserve (File Transfer - Web-based File Managers), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directory Lister | 94 | 2.5k | MIT | today |
| FileGator | 94 | 3.1k | MIT | 3 days ago |
| Sync-in | 93 | 1.9k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| FileRise | 92 | 1k | MIT | 9 days ago |
| mikochi | 90 | 379 | MIT | 8 days ago |
| miniserve (this tool) | 54 | 8k | MIT | 29 days ago |
miniserve: common questions
Is miniserve still maintained?
miniserve had 4 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 29 days ago; the latest tagged release, v0.35.0, is from 7 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.