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Snapshot 0 · 2026-11-04T12:47:24Z · TypeScript · MIT
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Launch a development local Server with live reload feature for static & dynamic pages.
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_[Wanna try [LIVE SERVER++](https://github.com/ritwickdey/vscode-live-server-plus-plus) (BETA) ? It'll enable live changes without saving file. https://github.com/ritwickdey/vscode-live-server-plus-plus ]_ # Live Server **Live Server loves** 💘 **your multi-root workspace** > **Live Server for server side pages like PHP. [Check Here](https://github.com/ritwickdey/live-server-web-extension)** > ***[For 'command not found error' [#78](https://github.com/ritwickdey/vscode-live-server/issues/78)]*** [](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ritwickdey.LiveServer) [](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ritwickdey.LiveServer) [](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ritwickdey.LiveServer) [](https://travis-ci.org/ritwickdey/vscode-live-server) [](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/ritwickdey/vscode-live-server) [](https://github.com/ritwickdey/vscode-live-server/) <br> **Launch a local development server with live reload feature for static & dynamic pages.** <br>  ## Shortcuts to Start/Stop Server **_[NOTE: In case if you don't have any `.html` or `.htm` file in your workspace then you have to follow method no 4 & 5 to start server.]_** 1. Open a project and click to `Go Live` from the status bar to turn the server on/off.  2. Right click on a `HTML` file from Explorer Window and click on `Open with Live Server`. . 3. Open a HTML file and right-click on the editor and click on `Open with Live Server`.  4. Hit `(alt+L, alt+O)` to Open the Server and `(alt+L, alt+C)` to Stop the server (You can change the shortcut form keybinding). *[On MAC, `cmd+L, cmd+O` and `cmd+L, cmd+C`]* 5. Open the Command Pallete by pressing `F1` or `ctrl+shift+P` and type `Live Server: Open With Live Server ` to start a server or type `Live Server: Stop Live Server` to stop a server. ## Features * A Quick Development Live Server with live browser reload. * Start or Stop server by a single click from status bar. * Open a HTML file to browser from Explorer menu.[[Quick Gif Demo](./images/Screenshot/vscode-live-server-explorer-menu-demo-1.gif?raw=true)]. * Support for excluding files for change detection. * Hot Key control. * Customizable Port Number, Server Root, default browser. * Support for any browser _(Eg: Firefox Nightly)_ using advance Command Line. * Support for Chrome Debugging Attachment (_[More Info](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=msjsdiag.debugger-for-chrome)_). [[Quick Gif Demo](./images/Screenshot/ChromeDebugging.gif?raw=true)]. * Remote Connect through WLAN (E.g.: Connect with mobile) _[Need Help? See FAQ Section]_ * Use preferable host name *(localhost or 127.0.0.1)*. * Customizable Supporting Tag for Live Reload feature. (Default is `Body` or `head`) * SVG Support * `https` Support. * Support for proxy. * CORS Enabled [(disabled by default)](https://github.com/ritwickdey/vscode-live-server/pull/3257) * Multi-root workspace supported. * Support for any file even dynamic pages through *[Live Server Web Extension](https://github.com/ritwickdey/live-server-web-extension)*. ## Installation Open VSCode and type `ctrl+P`, type `ext install ritwickdey.liveserver`. ## Settings All settings are now listed here [Settings Docs](./docs/settings.md). ## FAQs *All FAQs are now listed here [FAQ Docs](./docs/faqs.md)* ## What's new ? * ### Version 5.6.1 (17.04.19) * Fixed `Extension host terminated unexpectedly` *[[#431](https://github.com/ritwickdey/vscode-live-server/issues/431)]* * ### Version 5.6.0 (17.04.19) * ***[NEW]*** Intregation of `Browser Preview` with `Live Server` *[[#352](https://github.com/ritwickdey/vscode-live-server/pull/352) - Thanks to [Kenneth Auchenberg](https://github.com/auchenberg)]* * ***[NEW]*** Fallback to random port If given port is busy. *[[#330](https://github.com/ritwickdey/vscode-live-server/pull/330) - Thanks to [Ali Almohaya](https://github.com/Almo7aya) ]* * ***[FIXES]*** Moved to `vscode-chokidar` lib for *[#285](https://github.com/ritwickdey/vscode-live-server/issues/285)*. * Doc Fixes *[[#388](https://github.com/ritwickdey/vscode-live-server/pull/388) - Thanks to [Ted Silbernagel](https://github.com/tedsilb)]* * ### Version 5.5.1 (12.02.19) * ***[Fixes]*** Fixed `Extension host terminated unexpectedly` for MacOS. [[#285](https://github.com/ritwickdey/vscode-live-server/issues/285)] * ### Version 5.5.0 (12.02.19) * ***[Fixes]*** Fixed `ignoreFiles` settings [[#255](https://github.com/ritwickdey/vscode-live-server/issues/255)] * Attempt to fix `high cpu load` [[#278](https://github.com/ritwickdey/vscode-live-server/issues/278)] ## Changelog To check full changelog [click here](CHANGELOG.md). ## Special Thanks To Maintainers A special thanks to [Max Schmitt](https://github.com/mxschmitt), [Joydip Roy](https://github.com/rjoydip) & [Ayo Adesugba](https://github.com/adesugbaa) for contributing their valueable time on this project. [](https://github.com/mxschmitt) [](https://github.com/rjoydip) [](https://github.com/adesugbaa) ## LICENSE This extension is licensed under the [MIT License](LICENSE)