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There is no place like 127.0.0.1

Localhost Looking Good

There is no place like 127.0.0.1

Localhost homepage

Localhost with a looking good and showing the status of the Virtual Hosts.

Features

  • Display the localhost projects looking good.
  • Show the status of the Virtual Hosts.
  • Display the subdirectories, that don't have an index file, looking good.
  • Theme options to let the localhost so you.
  • Show some custom errors pages (like 403, 404 and 500).

Supported

  • Nginx and Apache web servers (on any other server may not work as expected).
  • Linux and Unix based O.S.
  • Partial support for Windows (just show the projects, without listing Virtual Hosts).

Install

1. Get the files

Clone the repository into localhost root directory:

# Change directory
cd /var/www

# Clone into
git clone https://github.com/andergtk/localhost-looking-good.git .

Or download and extract the files to the same folder.

2. Set up a Virtual Host

See the sample of how should be the file in your web server: Nginx or Apache.

The required settings are:

  1. Root directory.
  2. Index file.
  3. Custom errors pages.

3. Update permissions (optional)

Just if you have problems to save settings.

Execute the following line in terminal, changing the path /var/www to your localhost root directory.

sudo find /var/www -type d -exec chmod 775 {} + && sudo find /var/www -type f -exec chmod 664 {} +

4. On browser

Open the localhost page and click on the gear button to set with your preferences.

5. Done!

Any questions or suggestions please contact us.

License

MIT License