# live-server > A simple development http server with live reload capability. - Serve an index.html file and reload on changes: `live-server` - Specify a port from which to serve a file: `live-server --port=8081` - Select file other than index.html to serve: `live-server --open=about.html` - Proxy all requests for ROUTE to URL: `live-server --proxy=/:http:localhost:3000`