---
name: "adsf"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ruby-adsf"
version: "1.5.2+dfsg1-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/adsf"
---

# adsf(1)

a dead simple fileserver

## NAME

adsf - a dead simple fileserver

## SYNOPSIS

**adsf** \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

adsf (A Dead Simple Fileserver) is a tiny web server that can be spawned in any directory to serve static files. It can be used programmatically in Rack and other Ruby applications.

- **-H**, **--handler** \[handler\]

  Specify the handler to use

- **-h**, **--help**

  Display help

- **-V**, **--version**

  Show version

- **-i** \[index-filenames\],

  Specify index filenames (comma-separated)

**--index-filenames**

- **-x** \[extensions\],

  Specify suffixes to automatically apply to requests (comma-separated, including dot)

**--auto-extensions**

- **-p**, **--port** \[port\]

  Specify the port number to use

- **-r**, **--root** \[root\]

  Specify the web root to use

- **-l**, **--local-only**

  Only listen to requests from localhost (short for "-a localhost")

- **-a**, **--listen-address** \[host\]

  Specify the address to listen to

- **-L**, **--live-reload**

  Reload on changes (requires adsf-live)