MORBO(1)

💖 MORBO(1) — morbo, the Morbo HTTP and WebSocket development server 🦋

okay bestie, this is the User Contributed Perl Documentation glow-up for morbo, and yes she’s iconic. No cap, this page is here to help you start stuff without the confusion. 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

morbo - Morbo HTTP and WebSocket development server. periodt. ✨

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

okay so the whole vibe is:

  Usage: morbo [OPTIONS] [APPLICATION]

    morbo ./script/my_app
    morbo ./myapp.pl
    morbo -m production -l https://*:443 -l http://[::]:3000 ./myapp.pl
    morbo -l 'https://*:443?cert=./server.crt&key=./server.key' ./myapp.pl
    morbo -w /usr/local/lib -w public -w myapp.conf ./myapp.pl

And here’s the option menu, bestie — every single one matters:

• -b, --backend <name> — Morbo backend to use for reloading, defaults to Poll. she picks the reloading backend, lowkey important.
• -h, --help — Show this message. the classic “help me help you” moment.
• -l, --listen <location> — One or more locations you want to listen on, defaults to the value of MOJO_LISTEN or http://*:3000. stack those -ls if you need.
• -m, --mode <name> — Operating mode for your application, defaults to the value of MOJO_MODE/PLACK_ENV or development. set the vibe.
• -v, --verbose — Print details about what files changed to STDOUT. she’s chatty and we love that.
• -w, --watch <directory/file> — One or more directories and files to watch for changes, defaults to the application script as well as the lib and templates directories in the current working directory. watch party, but for files. 🎉

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Start Mojolicious and Mojolicious::Lite applications with the Mojo::Server::Morbo web server. that’s the whole assignment, bestie. she’s the dev server with main character energy, and she gets your app up and running. 💖

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Mojolicious
• Mojolicious::Guides
• <https://mojolicious.org>

go read those if you want the full lore. iykyk. 🌈

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💖 that’s the whole page, bestie — brought to you by perl v5.42.0, dated 2026-07-15, and it’s MORBO(1) approved. periodt. 💅