Fox Time

An implementation of the Time over HTTPS Specification with a pretty front-end providing analog and digital clock displays synchronized using a simplified version of the NTP algorithm.

Demo site.

Usage

By default the server listens for local HTTP connections on port 8123.

--listen-any

Listens for connections on all network interfaces instead of only localhost.

--port <PORT>

Listens for connections by binding to <PORT> instead of 8123.

--h2c

Enables support for plaintext HTTP/2. Only supported when listening on TCP/IP.

--unix <PATH>

Creates a Unix domain socket at <PATH> to listen for connections.

--tls-cert

Enables support for HTTPS using the TLS certificate read from a PEM-encoded file at <PATH>. Requires --tls-key.

--tls-key

Enables support for HTTPS using the private key read for a PEM-encoded file at <PATH>. Requires --tls-cert.

--web-transport

Enables support for WebTransport. Opens an additional UDP socket to listen for QUIC connections. Uses port 8123 by default.

--web-transport-port <PORT>

Listens for QUIC connections on <PORT> instead.

-h, --help

Prints help text.

-V, --version

Prints the application version.

Building

The frontend component is located in the web directory and must be built first using npm:

$ npm install
$ npm run build

The backend component can now be built with Cargo:

$ cargo build

When built in debug mode the frontend components are served live from the dist directory. When built in release mode they are included in the binary.