jeremycw/httpserver.h

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1946 stars · 158 forks observed · 2026-10-18

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A single-header C library for building event-driven, non-blocking HTTP servers using epoll (Linux) and kqueue (BSD/macOS). It provides a minimal API for handling requests and responses with high throughput.

Use cases

• write a fast HTTP server in C without dependencies
• embed a lightweight HTTP server in a C application
• build a small REST API backend in C
• serve a simple endpoint with high concurrency
• learn how event-driven non-blocking servers work

When to choose

• you need a dependency-free, single-header HTTP server in C
• you want high throughput on Linux or macOS with epoll/kqueue
• you're embedding an HTTP interface into an existing C program

When to avoid

• you need HTTPS/TLS support out of the box
• you need a full-featured web framework with routing, middleware, or templating
• you need Windows support
• you'd rather use a battle-tested production server like NGINX as a reverse proxy in front of your app

Facets

library · maturity stable

http-server web-framework web-development backend developer-tools bsd c single-header non-blocking event-driven epoll kqueue http linux macos

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