hugo/docs/content/commands/hugo_server.md

---
date: 2015-05-21T20:03:19+02:00
title: "hugo server"
slug: hugo_server
url: /commands/hugo_server/
---
## hugo server

Hugo runs its own webserver to render the files

### Synopsis


Hugo is able to run its own high performance web server.
Hugo will render all the files defined in the source directory and
serve them up.

```
hugo server
```

### Options

```
      --appendPort=true: append port to baseurl
      --bind="127.0.0.1": interface to which the server will bind
      --disableLiveReload=false: watch without enabling live browser reload on rebuild
  -h, --help=false: help for server
      --meminterval=100: interval to poll memory usage (requires --memstats)
      --memstats="": log memory usage to this file
  -p, --port=1313: port on which the server will listen
  -w, --watch=false: watch filesystem for changes and recreate as needed
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
  -b, --baseUrl="": hostname (and path) to the root eg. http://spf13.com/
  -D, --buildDrafts=false: include content marked as draft
  -F, --buildFuture=false: include content with publishdate in the future
      --cacheDir="": filesystem path to cache directory. Defaults: $TMPDIR/hugo_cache/
      --config="": config file (default is path/config.yaml|json|toml)
  -d, --destination="": filesystem path to write files to
      --disableRSS=false: Do not build RSS files
      --disableSitemap=false: Do not build Sitemap file
      --editor="": edit new content with this editor, if provided
      --ignoreCache=false: Ignores the cache directory for reading but still writes to it
      --log=false: Enable Logging
      --logFile="": Log File path (if set, logging enabled automatically)
      --pluralizeListTitles=true: Pluralize titles in lists using inflect
  -s, --source="": filesystem path to read files relative from
      --stepAnalysis=false: display memory and timing of different steps of the program
  -t, --theme="": theme to use (located in /themes/THEMENAME/)
      --uglyUrls=false: if true, use /filename.html instead of /filename/
  -v, --verbose=false: verbose output
      --verboseLog=false: verbose logging
```

### SEE ALSO
* [hugo](/commands/hugo/)	 - hugo builds your site

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