engrave server is the fastest way to work on a site locally. It builds your project, serves it, and emits change events that can be used for browser refresh.

Start the preview server¶

engrave server site build

This is enough for most local development.

Reload the browser on change¶

The preview server exposes an SSE endpoint at /__engrave/watch by default. You can connect to it with a small script:

<script>
  const source = new EventSource("/__engrave/watch");
  source.addEventListener("change", () => window.location.reload());
</script>

For exact server options and custom paths, use engrave server --help.