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> It is not minimal, but the size difference is barely noticeable.

Minimality is not about size, it's about reducing the attack surface.

> There are a few go projects that fit your description, none of them very popular, probably because they end up being a 100-line wrapper around http frameworks.

Indeed. Everyone can write their own but dependencies will make its attack surface enormous and performance will probably be mediocre at best.

Caddy is amazing for simple static hosting AND more, if one needs it. With sqlite, postgres, D3.js and FFmpeg, it's up there in my software love list.

Depending on the environment I'm in I either use `npx serve` or `python3 -m http.server` (aka `python2 -m SimpleHTTPServer`)

Python http server is not intended for public exposure. It's meant for local usage in testing / debugging contexts.