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Live Server Web Extension

Makes your existing server live. This is a browser extension that helps you to live reload feature for dynamic pages

Users200KCurrent public install base

Rating4.0Store average score

Reviews70Public review volume

Manifest versionV3Extension platform version

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Version2.0.0

ManifestV3

Size28.41KiB

Languages1English (United States)

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Live Server - Makes your existing server live - this is a Web Extension that helps you to live reload feature for dynamic content (PHP, Node.js, ASPNET -- Whatever, it doesn't matter).

This extension is for Live Server (VSCode Extension - required v3.0.0+).

You have to install Live Server extension for vscode in order to use this Add On.

Follow this link to setup : https://github.com/ritwickdey/live-server-web-extension#setup

Note: This is an open source project and it doesn't collect *any* data.

Demo : https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ritwickdey/live-server-web-extension/master/img/screenshots/live-server-web-extension.gif

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L. Aerin2023年8月5日

I was doing a tutorial where they didn't have this installed (At least not yet) and they just made a php file, a "hello world" echo and refreshed. I was expecting this to reload my page on-save and it didn't work and it had me frustrated because I had the settings right....five-server was working...the addresses in this extension were there.... then I realized that I didn't have the usual skeletal HTML tags in there. As soon as I added those like you would an HTML file, it fired right up. Just mentioning that incase anyone else runs into that. Seems pretty obvious but maybe not if you're down an overthinking rabbit hole.

Cody Kim2023年5月2日

Best extension ever.

Go Beyond2023年3月31日

I love it, I would more love it if it is flexible, for example, it doesn't work with "localhost, localhost:5500", thanks for your effort!

Erin Lubiansky2023年1月27日

Exactly what I was looking for. I already had my own server running (WP Local) and while that has an addon for reloading, it only monitors CSS files. I'm using the Tailwind framework so I needed something to monitor PHP files as well. I tried several other extensions and this is the only one that worked (and works so fast too!)

Wilson Rosa Gomes2022年10月20日

Perfeito, trabalho com ASP CLASSIC e ficar atualizando o navegador fica chato toda hora, com esta extensão tudo ficou top. Parabéns ao desenvolvedor.

Peter Stavrou2022年10月15日

Excellent! I use this for Django and works great!

Xolelani Terrence Mdima2022年8月15日

Does not work with index.php as root file. It only displays the directory and when the file is selected it downloads rather than display.

Ziu Chen2022年7月2日

很棒，这就是我想要的拓展！ Great, this is what I want !

ashen madusanka2021年11月29日

working

chayan mitra2021年10月13日

Great extension!

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Live reload browser companion for VS Code's Live Server extension, enabling automatic page refresh when working with dynamic server-side content (PHP, Node.js, ASP.NET)

Developers working with server-side dynamic pages (PHP, Node.js, ASP.NET) must manually refresh their browser after every code change. VS Code's Live Server only handles static files natively. This extension bridges that gap by connecting the browser to the Live Server WebSocket, triggering automatic reloads on file changes.

1. Install VS Code Live Server extension (v3.0.0+) in VS Code. 2. Install this browser extension. 3. Open the extension popup and configure: (a) toggle Live Reload on, (b) enter actual server address (e.g., http://localhost/workspace), (c) enter Live Server address (e.g., http://127.0.0.1:5500/). 4. Click Apply. 5. The extension's content script (reload.js) opens a WebSocket to the Live Server. When file changes trigger 'reload' or 'refreshcss' messages, the browser page automatically reloads.

Target users: Web developers using VS Code who work with server-side dynamic pages (PHP, Node.js, ASP.NET) / Developers using local server environments like XAMPP, WAMP, MAMP, IIS

Extension is a lightweight companion with only 16 files and ~18KB of text code; analysis is comprehensive.
The extension requires VS Code Live Server extension v3.0.0+ as a prerequisite - this is a free VS Code extension, not a paid dependency.
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No payment processing, no premium features, no license checking, no billing APIs. All 'pro' keyword hits are false positives from words like 'promise', 'proxy', 'preprocessor', 'provide'. The 'upgrade' hit in CHANGELOG.md refers to a technical manifest v2→v3 upgrade, not a paid upgrade. Open source project hosted on GitHub with no monetization.

Confidence: 100
Payment platform: --
Source: AI / High
Login required: No
Reason: No login, authentication, or account system exists in the extension. The extension works entirely with local servers (localhost/127.0.0.1). sessionStorage usage in reload.js is only for logging a one-time console message, not authentication. No OAuth, credentials, or external service accounts are involved.

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扩展能力较强：storage
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