algernon | Small self-contained pure

Requires Go 1.14 or later.
This method is using the latest commit from the main branch:.
brew install algernon
Install Homebrew, if needed.
Install algernon from AUR, using your favorite AUR helper.
Set the GOPATH. For example: export GOPATH=~/go
Add $GOPATH/bin to the path. For example: export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin
This enables debug mode, uses the internal Bolt database, uses regular HTTP instead of HTTPS+HTTP/2 and enables caching for all files except: Pongo2, Amber, Lua, Sass, GCSS, Markdown and JSX. Then try creating an index.lua file with print("Hello, World!") and visit the served web page in a browser.
algernon -e
Chrome: go to chrome://flags/#enable-spdy4, enable, save and restart the browser.
Firefox: go to about:config, set network.http.spdy.enabled.http2draft to true. You might need the nightly version of Firefox.
You may need to change the firewall settings for port 3000, if you wish to use the default port for exploring the samples.
For the auto-refresh feature to work, port 5553 must be available (or another host/port of your choosing, if configured otherwise).
Run ./welcome.sh to start serving the "welcome" sample.
Visit http://localhost:3000/
mkdir mypage
cd mypage
Create a file named index.lua, with the following contents: print("Hello, Algernon")
Start algernon --httponly --autorefresh.
Visit http://localhost:3000/.
Edit index.lua and refresh the browser to see the new result.
If there were errors, the page will automatically refresh when index.lua is changed.
Markdown, Pongo2 and Amber pages will also refresh automatically, as long as -autorefresh is used.
mkdir mypage
cd mypage
Create a file named index.lua, with the following contents: print("Hello, Algernon")
Create a self-signed certificate, just for testing:
openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout key.pem -out cert.pem -days 3000 -nodes
Press return at all the prompts, but enter localhost at Common Name.
For production, store the keys in a directory with as strict permissions as possible, then specify them with the --cert and --key flags.
Start algernon.
Visit https://localhost:3000/.
If you have not imported the certificates into the browser, nor used certificates that are signed by trusted certificate authorities, perform the necessary clicks to confirm that you wish to visit this page.
Edit index.lua and refresh the browser to see the result (or a Lua error message, if the script had a problem).