> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.shuttle.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Static Files > This article walks you through setting up static files with Rocket, an ergonomic framework for simple web applications. ## Description This example has one route at `/` where the homepage is served and shows you how you can serve HTML or other types of files with Rocket. Note that static assets are declared in the `Shuttle.toml` file. You can clone the example below by running the following (you'll need `shuttle` CLI installed): ```bash theme={null} shuttle init --from shuttle-hq/shuttle-examples --subfolder rocket/static-files ``` ## Code ```rust src/main.rs theme={null} use rocket::fs::NamedFile; use rocket::fs::{relative}; use std::path::{Path, PathBuf}; #[rocket::get("/")] pub async fn serve(mut path: PathBuf) -> Option { path.set_extension("html"); let mut path = Path::new(relative!("assets")).join(path); if path.is_dir() { path.push("index.html"); } NamedFile::open(path).await.ok() } #[shuttle_runtime::main] async fn rocket() -> shuttle_rocket::ShuttleRocket { let rocket = rocket::build().mount("/", rocket::routes![serve]); Ok(rocket.into()) } ``` ```html assets/index.html theme={null} Static Files

This is an example of serving static files with Rocket and Shuttle.

Click here to go to the About page ``` ```html assets/about.html theme={null} Static Files

This is the About page.

``` ```toml Cargo.toml theme={null} [package] name = "static-files" version = "0.1.0" edition = "2021" publish = false [dependencies] rocket = "0.5.0" shuttle-rocket = "0.57.0" shuttle-runtime = "0.57.0" tokio = "1.26.0" ``` ```toml Shuttle.toml theme={null} [build] assets = [ "assets", ] ``` ## Usage After you clone the example, launch it locally by using `shuttle run` then visit the home route at `http://localhost:8000` - you should see a homepage that shows our included HTML file. You can extend this example by adding more routes that serve other files. ***