Yes, there is a simple npm package called http-server that you can use to run a basic HTTP server. You can install it globally or use npx to run it without installing it globally. Here's how you can use it with npx:

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npx http-server

This command will start a simple HTTP server in the current directory, serving files from that directory on http://localhost:8080 by default.

If you want to serve files from a specific directory, you can specify the directory as an argument:

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npx http-server path/to/directory

This will start the server in the specified directory.

You can also specify the port number using the -p or --port option:

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npx http-server -p 3000

This will start the server on port 3000 instead of the default port 8080.