drogonframework/drogon

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14217 stars · 1374 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Drogon is a C++14/17/20-based HTTP web application framework for building high-performance web application servers. It uses non-blocking I/O with epoll/kqueue for high concurrency and supports HTTP, WebSocket, JSON/RESTful APIs, server-side rendering, and asynchronous database access.

Use cases

• build a high-performance REST API server in C++
• serve web pages with server-side rendering from C++
• handle high-concurrency HTTP traffic with non-blocking I/O
• build a WebSocket server or client in C++
• create a full-stack web application backend in C++
• serve and upload files over HTTP
• write an HTTP client application in C++

When to choose

• you need maximum HTTP throughput in C++ (top-tier TechEmpower benchmarks)
• you want an all-in-one framework with routing, ORM, sessions, templates, and WebSockets
• you target Linux, macOS, BSD, or Windows with a single codebase
• you prefer asynchronous, non-blocking I/O programming models

When to avoid

• your team is not comfortable with C++ or manual memory/performance concerns
• you need a huge ecosystem of middleware and libraries like Node.js or Python frameworks offer
• you want rapid prototyping with dynamic languages
• you need a simple static site or lightweight scripting use case

Facets

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web-framework http-server http-client websocket routing templating orm middleware caching web-development backend apis windows cpp cross-platform high-performance non-blocking-io asynchronous restful-api https c-plus-plus linux macos

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