fvbock/endless

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4156 stars · 343 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

A Go library providing zero-downtime restarts for HTTP and HTTPS servers. It acts as a drop-in replacement for http.ListenAndServe, handling graceful restarts via signals like SIGHUP.

Use cases

• deploy new Go server binaries without dropping connections
• gracefully restart an HTTP server on SIGHUP
• run multiple servers from one binary with socket handoff on restart
• terminate hanging requests after a grace period during shutdown
• hook custom code before or after restart signals

When to choose

• you run a Go HTTP/HTTPS server directly (no reverse proxy) and want zero-downtime restarts
• you want a minimal code change replacing http.ListenAndServe
• you need signal hooks and configurable shutdown/hammer behavior

When to avoid

• your server sits behind a load balancer or reverse proxy that already handles rolling restarts
• you need actively maintained alternatives with broader features (e.g. oklog/run or built-in graceful shutdown in modern frameworks)
• you are not serving HTTP/HTTPS from Go

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

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