# Heel 2.0.0 Released

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/heel-2-0-0-released/171190>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 28, 2009, 5:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/heel-2-0-0-released/171190 "2009-06-28T05:21:27Z")\
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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:** [June 28, 2009, 5:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/heel-2-0-0-released/171190/1 "2009-06-28T05:21:27Z")

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heel version 2.0.0 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  
the URL of  
your document root.

Heel is built using Rack and Thin

% heel

> > Thin web server (v1.2.2 codename I Find Your Lack of Sauce  
> > Disturbing)  
> > 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 2.0.0 }}

- Change highlighting mode default to ‘off’ instead of ‘on’
- Update for Thin 1.2.2

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