🔗 rblink — A Simple Static File HTTP Server in Rust

rblink is a minimal HTTP server written in pure Rust that serves static files and directories over the GET method. It opens the browser automatically, displays a clean file listing, and runs without external dependencies.

🚀 Features

• 📁 Serves static files from the current directory
• 🧭 Clean directory listing in HTML
• 🖥️ Auto-opens the browser on launch
• 💡 No external crates (pure std)
• 🔒 GET-only HTTP support (status 405 on others)

🧪 Usage

cargo run <port>

Example:

cargo run 8080

This will:

• Bind to 127.0.0.1:8080
• Serve the current folder contents
• Open your default browser pointing to http://127.0.0.1:8080 (if supported)

📁 Directory Listing

If no index.html is found in the current directory, rblink generates a minimal HTML page listing all files and folders, with icons:

📁 folder/
📄 file.txt

Clicking any item navigates or opens it directly.

🛑 Limitations

• No MIME-type detection (files are returned as text)
• No support for POST/PUT/DELETE
• Synchronous, single-threaded request handling
• No TLS (HTTP only)

🧠 Inspiration

This project was created for learning purposes and small local development use-cases (like previewing HTML folders).

📄 License

MIT License.