updog
A replacement for Python's SimpleHTTPServer.
TLDR
Start a HTTP server for the current directory
$ updog
Start a HTTP server for a specified directory
$ updog --directory [/path/to/directory]
Start a HTTP server on a specified port
$ updog --port [port]
Start a HTTP server with a password (To log in, leave the username blank and enter the password in the password field)
$ updog --password [password]
Enable transport encryption via SSL
$ updog --ssl
