git instaweb

Updated: 22 October 2023

Instantly browse your working repository in gitweb. A simple script to set up gitweb and a web server for browsing the local repository.

By default, instaweb will look for the lighttpd web-server, see https://christaylordeveloper.co.uk/web-server/lighttpd.

You will need to install gitweb first

sudo apt install gitweb

Run the instaweb script

git instaweb --start

Browse to http://127.0.0.1:1234/

Stop instaweb

git instaweb --stop

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