| Tool | Type | Portable Version Available | Use Case | |------|------|----------------------------|-----------| | | Web server | Yes (single binary) | Embedded systems, quick static hosting | | Mongoose | Web server / client | Yes (single C file) | Cross-platform, small footprint | | cURL | HTTP client | Yes (download portable .exe) | API testing, file transfers | | HTTPie | HTTP client | Yes (via Python portable) | Human-friendly CLI requests | | SimpleHTTPServer (Python) | Web server | Yes (with Python portable) | One-liner file sharing |
ServerRoot ./ DocumentRoot ./htdocs