lammertb/libhttp

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

LibHTTP is a multi-platform C/C++ embeddable HTTP and HTTPS server library, forked from the Mongoose/CivetWeb family with an MIT license. It can be embedded in applications to add web server functionality or used as a standalone web server, with support for CGI, SSL/TLS, WebSockets, WebDAV, and digest authentication.

Use cases

• embed an http server in a c application
• add https support to an existing program
• serve web content from an embedded device
• make http requests from c code
• add websocket client and server support in c
• standalone lightweight web server without installation

When to choose

• you need an MIT-licensed embeddable web server in C/C++
• you want HTTPS, CGI, WebSockets, or WebDAV in a single lightweight library
• you need cross-platform support including mobile and embedded systems
• you want a Mongoose-style API without GPL or commercial licensing restrictions

When to avoid

• you need a full-featured production web server like nginx or Apache
• you are building in a higher-level language with native HTTP frameworks
• you need HTTP/2 or HTTP/3 support
• you require async I/O at massive scale better served by event-driven frameworks like libuv

Facets

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http-server http-client websocket auth middleware web-development backend developer-tools cross-platform windows cross-platform c cpp embeddable-web-server https ssl-tls cgi webdav mongoose-fork civetweb ipv6 digest-auth linux macos android ios

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