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---
date: 2015-09-08T22:45:13-06:00
title: "hugo server"
slug: hugo_server
url: /commands/hugo_server/
---
## hugo server
Hugo runs its own webserver to render the files
### Synopsis
Hugo is able to run its own high performance web server.
Hugo will render all the files defined in the source directory and
serve them up.
```
hugo server
```
### Options
```
--appendPort[=true]: append port to baseurl
--bind="127.0.0.1": interface to which the server will bind
--disableLiveReload[=false]: watch without enabling live browser reload on rebuild
--meminterval=100: interval to poll memory usage (requires --memstats)
--memstats="": log memory usage to this file
-p, --port=1313: port on which the server will listen
-w, --watch[=false]: watch filesystem for changes and recreate as needed
```
### Options inherited from parent commands
```
-b, --baseURL="": hostname (and path) to the root, e.g. http://spf13.com/
-D, --buildDrafts[=false]: include content marked as draft
-F, --buildFuture[=false]: include content with publishdate in the future
--cacheDir="": filesystem path to cache directory. Defaults: $TMPDIR/hugo_cache/
--config="": config file (default is path/config.yaml|json|toml)
-d, --destination="": filesystem path to write files to
--disableRSS[=false]: Do not build RSS files
--disableSitemap[=false]: Do not build Sitemap file
--editor="": edit new content with this editor, if provided
--ignoreCache[=false]: Ignores the cache directory for reading but still writes to it
--log[=false]: Enable Logging
--logFile="": Log File path (if set, logging enabled automatically)
--pluralizeListTitles[=true]: Pluralize titles in lists using inflect
--preserveTaxonomyNames[=false]: Preserve taxonomy names as written ("Gérard Depardieu" vs "gerard-depardieu")
-s, --source="": filesystem path to read files relative from
--stepAnalysis[=false]: display memory and timing of different steps of the program
-t, --theme="": theme to use (located in /themes/THEMENAME/)
--uglyURLs[=false]: if true, use /filename.html instead of /filename/
-v, --verbose[=false]: verbose output
--verboseLog[=false]: verbose logging
```
### SEE ALSO
* [hugo](/commands/hugo/) - hugo builds your site
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