# eleventy-dev-server 🕚⚡️🎈🐀 A minimal, modern, generic, hot-reloading local web server to help web developers. ## ➡ [Documentation](https://www.11ty.dev/docs/watch-serve/#eleventy-dev-server) - Please star [Eleventy on GitHub](https://github.com/11ty/eleventy/)! - Follow us on Twitter [@eleven_ty](https://twitter.com/eleven_ty) - Support [11ty on Open Collective](https://opencollective.com/11ty) - [11ty on npm](https://www.npmjs.com/org/11ty) - [11ty on GitHub](https://github.com/11ty) [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@11ty/eleventy-dev-server) ## Installation This is bundled with `@11ty/eleventy` (and you do not need to install it separately) in Eleventy v2.0. ## CLI Eleventy Dev Server now also includes a CLI. The CLI is for **standalone** (non-Eleventy) use only: separate installation is unnecessary if you’re using this server with `@11ty/eleventy`. ```sh npm install -g @11ty/eleventy-dev-server # Alternatively, install locally into your project npm install @11ty/eleventy-dev-server ``` This package requires Node 14 or newer. ### CLI Usage ```sh # Serve the current directory npx @11ty/eleventy-dev-server # Serve a different subdirectory (also aliased as --input) npx @11ty/eleventy-dev-server --dir=_site # Disable the `domdiff` feature npx @11ty/eleventy-dev-server --domdiff=false # Full command list in the Help npx @11ty/eleventy-dev-server --help ``` ## Tests ``` npm run test ``` - We use the [ava JavaScript test runner](https://github.com/avajs/ava) ([Assertions documentation](https://github.com/avajs/ava/blob/master/docs/03-assertions.md))