How to run html file on localhost?

You can use python -m http.server. By default the local server will run on port 8000. If you would like to change this, simply add the port number python -m http.server 1234

If you are using python 2 (instead of 3), the equivalent command is python -m SimpleHTTPServer


If you are running Python3, you may want to instead try:

python -m http.server

See this answer.


You can run your file in http-server.

1> Have Node.js installed in your system.

2> In CMD, run the command npm install http-server -g

3> Navigate to the specific path of your file folder in CMD and run the command http-server

4> Go to your browser and type localhost:8080. Your Application should run there.

Thanks:)