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Download and Install ​

Latest v2.44.0 release 2026-07-31 (changelog, sha256sum)

Linux Linux x64 macOS macOS x64Windows Windows x64FreeBSD FreeBSD x64

See also the release history on GitHub.

Docker

If you are working with Docker containers then check out the Docker feature page.

Installation methods ​

Binary installer (Linux/BSDs) ​

Use the binary installer if your package manager is not supported.

With curl.

sh
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSfL https://get.static-web-server.net | sh

Or with GNU wget (Busybox wget is not supported).

sh
wget --https-only --secure-protocol=TLSv1_2 -qO- https://get.static-web-server.net | sh

static-web-server will be installed by default under the /usr/local/bin directory.

Alternatively, you can install a specific version of SWS to a custom location by setting environment variables.

sh
export SWS_INSTALL_VERSION="2.44.0" # full list at https://github.com/static-web-server/static-web-server/tags
export SWS_INSTALL_DIR="~/.local/bin"
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSfL https://get.static-web-server.net | sh

Make sure you set the environment variables for the piped process (sh in our case), not the piping process (curl).

If you don't want to export environment variables then use:

sh
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSfL https://get.static-web-server.net | SWS_INSTALL_DIR="~/.local/bin" sh

Arch Linux ​

Via Yay or your favorite AUR Helper.

sh
yay -S static-web-server-bin

Exherbo Linux ​

Add the rust repository and install the package through cave:

sh
cave sync
cave resolve -x repository/rust
cave resolve -x static-web-server

NixOS ​

Via Nix (Linux/MacOS)

sh
nix-shell -p static-web-server
# or
nix-env -iA nixpkgs.static-web-server

MacOS ​

Using Homebrew Formulae (also Linux)

sh
# Build from source
brew install static-web-server

Or using the SWS Homebrew Tap (also Linux)

sh
brew tap static-web-server/static-web-server

# Just the binary
brew install static-web-server-bin

# Or build from source
brew install static-web-server

Windows ​

Via Scoop

powershell
scoop install static-web-server

WebAssembly ​

Via Wasmer

sh
wasmer run wasmer/static-web-server --net --enable-threads --mapdir /public:/my/host/dir -- --port 8787

Binaries ​

Pre-compiled binaries are grouped by CPU architectures or features, depending on the case.

x86_64 ​

FIPS ​

ARM64 ​

FIPS ​

x86 ​

ARM ​

PowerPC ​

S390X ​

Source files ​