go/tool: go serve [directory] ???

[atd...@gmail.com]

Just wondering if a default command to serve files locally was ever discussed?

I just realized that because of javascript CSP I often need a local server to view some index.html file  especially if it imports some other modules.

I could easily write a go file to do so (or even have AI do it if I am not afraid of my brain cells shrinking, which I am a little) and install it.

But I thought that the right spot for this could be the go tool.

Did I miss something and it is already existing, or is it insecure perhaps?

For instance, by default, "go serve . " could run a local file server on port 3000 or something...?

[Sean Liao]

This just seems too far out of scope? 

The go command is for developing go programs.

A serve command would be for web work, written in files that are not go.

If you're developing a web server, then it's more appropriate to run the web server itself.

- sean

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[Mikk Margus]

The compiler toolchain does not seem like a good place to bundle
something like this.
You could just find a project that implements this and then `go run` it
instead.

e.g
go run github.com/kevinpollet/se...@v0.0.0-20220109170338-5759ed9d6e12

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[robert engels]

It’s like 3 lines of code… I think you can handle it. 

On Jan 24, 2026, at 6:47 AM, atd...@gmail.com <atd...@gmail.com> wrote:

@Sean
That's fair.  Makes sense.

@Mikk
Yeah my rationale was that I wouldn't want to trust some random program from the internet either. Integrating it to the tooling would be a tiny bit more secure.
But it gets out of scope quickly I guess.

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