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The site is now available at <http://0.0.0.0:8000>.

If you need to preview the site from another machine, pass the host's address via `--bind`. For example, if running on 192.168.72.73:

```console
> cd site
> python3 -m http.server --bind 192.168.72.73
```

The site is now available at <http://192.168.72.73:8000>.

(As a short-cut: If you pass `--bind 0.0.0.0`, the server will be reachable at [all of the host's IP addresses][].)

[all of the host's IP addresses]: https://www.howtogeek.com/225487/what-is-the-difference-between-127.0.0.1-and-0.0.0.0/

## Contributing

First of all, thank you!
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