POW -- Plain Old Webserver is a Firefox, Thunderbird and Sunbird extension that will turn the web on its head with the Plain Old Webserver (POW), which adds a server to your browser.
Information and a tutorial for POW can be found at this wiki
http://davidkellogg.com/wiki/Main_Page
and at this newsgroup http://groups.google.com/group/firefoxpow
The Plain Old Webserver uses Server-side Javascript (SJS) to run a server inside your browser. Use it to distribute files from your browser. It supports Server-side JS, GET, POST, uploads, Cookies, SQLite and AJAX. It has security features to password-protect your site. Users have created a wiki, chat room and search engine using SJS.
This version includes documentation to show you how to build a Server-side Javascript program.
Product's homepage
Requirements:
· Mozilla Sunbird
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· This version fixes an image corruption issue and adds a Windows BAT file for non-default Firefox install locations. This should allow users to run CGI scripts on Windows more easily.