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[API](../../packages.md) / [wxt](../index.md) / createServer

# Function: createServer()

> **createServer**(`inlineConfig?`): `Promise`<[`WxtDevServer`](../interfaces/WxtDevServer.md)>

Source: [packages/wxt/src/create-server.ts:31](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/blob/a34b49d6b92f500ed9cb5ad4934510e834f49704/packages/wxt/src/create-server.ts#L31)

Creates a dev server and pre-builds all the files that need to exist before
loading the extension.

## Parameters

### inlineConfig?

[`InlineConfig`](../interfaces/InlineConfig.md)

## Returns

`Promise`<[`WxtDevServer`](../interfaces/WxtDevServer.md)>

## Example

```ts
const server = await wxt.createServer({
    // Enter config...
  });
  await server.start();
```

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