---
name: "bup-web"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "bup"
version: "0.34-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/bup-web"
---

# bup-web(1)

Start web server to browse bup repositiory

## NAME

bup-web - Start web server to browse bup repositiory

## SYNOPSIS

bup web \[\[hostname\]:port\]

bup web unix://path

## DESCRIPTION

`bup web` starts a web server that can browse bup repositories. The file hierarchy is the same as that shown by [`bup-fuse`(1)](/bup-fuse/1.md), [`bup-ls`(1)](/bup-ls/1.md) and [`bup-ftp`(1)](/bup-ftp/1.md).

`hostname` and `port` default to 127.0.0.1 and 8080, respectively, and hence `bup web` will only offer up the web server to locally running clients. If you’d like to expose the web server to anyone on your network (dangerous!) you can omit the bind address to bind to all available interfaces: `:8080`.

When `unix://path` is specified, the server will listen on the filesystem socket at `path` rather than a network socket.

A `SIGTERM` signal may be sent to the server to request an orderly shutdown.

## OPTIONS

- \--human-readable

  display human readable file sizes (i.e. 3.9K, 4.7M)

- \--browser

  open the site in the default browser

## EXAMPLES

-

  ```
  $ bup web
  Serving HTTP on 127.0.0.1:8080...
  ^C
  Interrupted.
  $ bup web :8080
  Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0:8080...
  ^C
  Interrupted.
  $ bup web unix://socket &
  Serving HTTP on filesystem socket 'socket'
  $ curl --unix-socket ./socket http://localhost/
  $ fg
  bup web unix://socket
  ^C
  Interrupted.
  $ bup web &
  [1] 30980
  Serving HTTP on 127.0.0.1:8080...
  $ kill -s TERM 30980
  Shutdown requested
  $ wait 30980
  $ echo $?
  0
  ```

## SEE ALSO

[`bup-fuse`(1)](/bup-fuse/1.md), [`bup-ls`(1)](/bup-ls/1.md), [`bup-ftp`(1)](/bup-ftp/1.md), [`bup-restore`(1)](/bup-restore/1.md), [`kill`(1)](/kill/1.md)

## BUP

Part of the [`bup`(1)](/bup/1.md) suite.

## AUTHORS

Joe Beda ⟨jbeda@gmail.com⟩\\c.