What are the best ways to run Simple HTTP Server on both Mac and Windows?

I know a few NodeJS modules like http-server that let me run Simple HTTP server on Mac. What are your favorite ways of running HTTP Servers on both Mac and Windows?

If by 'Simple' your goal is to serve static web pages (ie, no support for php, cgi, or fancy stuff), then I switch recently to Fenix web server (Nodejs based I think), (I found it after being fed up with encoding issues on Windows with Python SimpleHttpServer)

super easy to start (I even suggest it for non developers given how easy it is),
works on Windows and OsX
gives you support to localtunnel, which enables you to share your local content with someone that is not even on your network (the url will only be valid for a limited time, but it's very handy to share progress while working remotely)
free and open source (GPL)

fenixwebserver.com

Since I gave it a try, I haven't switched to anything else (unless need for more, in which case I'm more using Docker container in VMs, so that you have the same configuration no mater the host)

BrowserSync.io is a very simple solution. Install it globally and run a simple command to start a static HTML web server on any platform.

This is the best when coding and testing out things on multiple browsers at the same time. But I guess @tracy_mills91 is looking for a static web server which runs on WIndows and Mac to keep dev/design workflow simple.

I use python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000 on my mac. For windows you can either download & install Mongoose or use Cygwin/ActivePython.

Basic and yet useful python -m SimpleHTTPServer <PORT>

@ramirovjnr This works in Macintosh. However, the issue is with Windows systems.

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