svenstaro/miniserve

Miniserve is a Rust-based HTTP file server that serves directories with features including archive generation, WebDAV support, and Markdown rendering. It provides a customizable web interface with multiple themes, authentication mechanisms, and QR code generation. The system is packaged as a hardened systemd service and includes a comprehensive integration test suite to verify security and functionality.

The repository is initialized with the core project files, including a comprehensive README detailing usage and features, a CHANGELOG following the Keep a Changelog format, and configuration files for Rust tooling (rustfmt.toml, .editorconfig). Build and release infrastructure is added via a Makefile, release.toml, and Containerfiles for Docker images, alongside standard repository files like .gitignore and .dockerignore.

(repo-wide) · high confidence

The packaging now includes a new systemd unit file (miniserve@.service) that runs the application as a dynamic user with strict security restrictions. This unit enables IP accounting, restricts network access to localhost, isolates the file system and devices, and limits capabilities to only those required for binding to privileged ports, significantly reducing the attack surface compared to previous configurations.

packaging · high confidence

The application has been refactored to use the Rust 2024 edition and upgraded to actix-web v4.0-beta.15, replacing the previous actix-web v3 implementation. This change introduces a new modular source structure with dedicated modules for archive creation, authentication, file operations, and configuration. The CLI argument parsing has been migrated from structopt to clap v4, and the rendering engine now uses the maud template library. These updates modernize the codebase and improve performance and maintainability.

src · high confidence

The application now features a new SVG logo and a redesigned visual identity. The styling has been refactored to use a modular SCSS architecture, separating color definitions into individual theme files (Arch Linux, Ayu Dark, Monokai, Squirrel, and Zenburn) which are imported by a main stylesheet. This change introduces CSS custom properties for consistent theming across the interface, including specific styles for the upload modal and file list.

data · high confidence

Added test utility functions for HTML link extraction; Centralized test fixtures and server harness; Comprehensive integration test suite for miniserve.

This commit introduces the initial codebase for miniserve version 0.35.0, establishing the project's dependency manifest (Cargo.toml) and lockfile (Cargo.lock). The application is built on the Rust 2024 edition and utilizes the Actix-web v4 framework (alongside actix-files v0.7 and actix-multipart v0.8) for HTTP serving. Key features enabled by these dependencies include Markdown rendering via comrak v0.55, QR code generation using fast\_qr v0.14, and optional TLS support via rustls v0.23. The project also integrates clap v4 for command-line argument parsing, dav-server v0.11 for WebDAV support, and maud v0.27 for HTML templating.

(dependencies) · high confidence

Written by watchdog.canine.dev from the codebase's own history, inside the signed delivery this page is composed from.

• CAI 66 → 66 (-0.0)
• Rubric changed (rubric-2026.09.9 → rubric-2026.09.17) — scores are not directly comparable.

• Code Health 85 → 85 (+0.0)
• Architecture 100 → 97 (-2.6)
• Maturity 54 → 54 (+0.0)
• Readiness 76 → 73 (-3.4)
• Security 69 → 74 (+5.2)
• Performance 85 (new)

• Documentation: no architecture or design documentation (README.md)
• Documentation: no installation or build instructions (README.md)
• Documentation: no usage examples (README.md)
• Off-boarding risk: anonymized user #1

• Dependency hygiene PARTLY measured — Cargo dependencies read, dependency currency not (crates.io unreachable)
• Flaky test: miniserve::auth.auth_multiple_accounts_wrong_password::case_4
• Flaky test: miniserve::readme.show_nested_readme_contents::case_8
• Inverted test pyramid
• Off-boarding risk: anonymized user #1

• 1 commits — 1 feature/other, 0 fixes

• (root) — 1 commit

• change: Bump deps

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