diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 12d280a..af379c3 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ gem 'capistrano-bundler'
 # ed25519
 gem 'ed25519'
 gem 'bcrypt_pbkdf'
+
+# For previewing public directory locally with `bin/server`
+gem 'webrick'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 8438f24..330b3f1 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ GEM
       net-ssh (>= 2.8.0)
       ostruct
     stringio (3.1.2)
+    webrick (1.8.2)
 
 PLATFORMS
   ruby
@@ -44,3 +45,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   capistrano-bundler
   ed25519
   rdoc (>= 6.0.0.beta2)
+  webrick
+
+BUNDLED WITH
+   2.5.17
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 060a9f9..6cdff93 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,6 +31,15 @@
 * https://github.com/ruby/rurema-search
 * https://github.com/rurema/generated-documents
 
+## Previewing `public` directory locally
+
+1. Install dependencies: `bundle install`
+2. Run:
+  ```
+  bin/server
+  ```
+3. Open http://localhost:8000/
+
 ## Production Environment
 
 ### Capstrano
diff --git a/bin/server b/bin/server
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a14c031
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/server
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+require "webrick"
+
+server = WEBrick::HTTPServer.new(Port: 8000, DocumentRoot: 'public')
+server.start