Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Jeeves

Extremely flexible, efficient and simple local http server.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Jeeves launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   HTTP Prompt▲128

   An interactive command-line HTTP client

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   A pure bash web server. No netcat, socat, etc.▲224

   A purely bash web server, no socat, netcat, etc... - GitHub - dzove855/Bash-web-server: A purely bash web server, no socat, netcat, etc...

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   KORE.io▲88

   A fast SPDY capable web server for web development in C

   2015 · kore.io · its alternatives →

4. 4
   scrape-it▲186

   A Node.js scraper for humans.

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Semaphore▲87

   Hosted Continuous integration for Web Applications.

   2014 · semaphoreapp.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Hurl.it▲85

   Make HTTP requests in your browser

   2014 · pipedream.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   bashttp - a very (very) simple web server in Bash▲92

   µServer in Bash. Contribute to EddySchauHai/bashttp development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   fetching.io▲83

   Never lose track of a website again.

   2014 · fetching.io · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Free Server▲115

   A free web server to play, learn, experiment, whatever

   2014 · bizag.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Limitless▲90

    A productivity companion for Chrome

    2013 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Sandstorm.io▲101

    A better way to run a personal server

    2015 · sandstorm.io · its alternatives →

12. 12
    HTTPHUB▲69

    Most essential backend for applications and devices

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Urubu▲70

    A micro CMS for static websites

    2016 · urubu.jandecaluwe.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    App Server▲63

    The next generation PHP infrastructure.

    2014 · techdivision.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Burrow.io▲12

    Access your localhost over the internet

    2015 · burrow.io · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Forward▲57

    Share localhost over the Web

    2014 · forwardhq.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Browsix▲9

    A Unix-like operating system for your web browser

    2016 · browsix.org · its alternatives →

18. 18FT
    Fast, turnkey static web site recipe (Terraform and Jekyll and AWS)▲6

    2021 · peterkong.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Nuster – A HTTP/2 web cache accelerator▲8

    A high performance HTTP proxy cache server and RESTful NoSQL cache server based on HAProxy - jiangwenyuan/nuster

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Echo▲7

    A fast and unfancy micro web framework for Go

    2016 · labstack.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Forestry.io▲11

    A simple CMS for Jekyll and Hugo sites

    2016 · tina.io · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Servebolt▲5

    Insanely fast hosting (and awesome support)

    2018 · servebolt.com · its alternatives →

23. 23PF
    PubStorm – Free CLI-based static web hosting with Let's Encrypt support▲9

    2016 · pubstorm.com · its alternatives →

24. 24GH
    Godlighty – highly-customizable HTTP, HTTP/2, HTTPS server on pure Go▲8

    2021 · godlighty.stargrave.org · its alternatives →

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