# Heel 1.0.0 Released

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/heel-1-0-0-released/135330>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 21, 2008, 8:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/heel-1-0-0-released/135330 "2008-04-21T08:51:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![jeremyheiler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/34f0e0/32.png) [@jeremyheiler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeremyheiler)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 8:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/heel-1-0-0-released/135330/1 "2008-04-21T08:51:28Z")

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heel version 1.0.0 has been released.

[http://copiousfreetime.rubyforge.org/heel/](http://copiousfreetime.rubyforge.org/heel/)

Heel is a small static web server for use when you need a quick web  
server for a  
directory. Once the server is running, heel will use Launchy to open  
your  
browser at the URL of your document root.

% heel

> > Thin web server (v0.8.1 codename Rebel Porpoise)  
> > Threaded mode OFF  
> > Maximum connections set to 1024  
> > Listening on 0.0.0.0:4331, CTRL+C to stop  
> > Launching your browser…

Or run it in the background

% heel --daemonize  
Created /Users/jeremy/.heel  
heel’s PID (/Users/jeremy/.heel/heel.pid) and log file  
(/Users/jeremy/.heel/heel.log) are stored here  
Launching your browser at [http://0.0.0.0:4331/](http://0.0.0.0:4331/)

% heel --kill  
Sending TERM to process 3304  
Done.

{{ Release notes for Version 1.0.0 }}

- Convert Heel to a Rack and Thin application

[http://copiousfreetime.rubyforge.org/heel/](http://copiousfreetime.rubyforge.org/heel/)

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**Author:** ![jeremyheiler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/34f0e0/32.png) [@jeremyheiler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeremyheiler)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 10:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/heel-1-0-0-released/135330/2 "2008-04-21T10:18:15Z")

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On Apr 21, 2:50 pm, Jeremy H. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> heel version 1.0.0 has been released.
> 
> [http://copiousfreetime.rubyforge.org/heel/](http://copiousfreetime.rubyforge.org/heel/)
> 
> Heel is a small static web server for use when you need a quick web server for a  
> directory. Once the server is running, heel will use Launchy to open your  
> browser at the URL of your document root.

Well done, and I hope I could change the charset  
through arguments or I have to change the charset from  
iso-8859-1 to utf-8 in the sources.

cheers,

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**Author:** ![jeremyheiler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/34f0e0/32.png) [@jeremyheiler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeremyheiler)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/heel-1-0-0-released/135330/3 "2008-04-21T16:44:02Z")

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On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 05:17:49PM +0900, Lin Jen-Shin wrote:

> through arguments or I have to change the charset from  
> iso-8859-1 to utf-8 in the sources.

Good idea, I’ve added it to the feature request tracker on rubyforge.

enjoy,

-jeremy