pistacheio/pistache

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3473 stars · 707 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Pistache is a modern, elegant HTTP and REST framework written in pure C++17. It provides a multi-threaded HTTP server, an asynchronous HTTP client, a request router, and a REST description DSL with type-safe headers and MIME types.

Use cases

• build a REST API server in C++
• make asynchronous HTTP requests from C++
• route HTTP requests to C++ handler functions
• build lightweight C++ microservices
• serve a high-performance HTTP backend

When to choose

• you need a fast, native C++ HTTP/REST toolkit
• you want a clean modern C++17 API without heavyweight dependencies
• you are building microservices or API backends in C++ on Linux/macOS/Windows/BSD

When to avoid

• you need extensive documentation and a large community ecosystem
• you want a cross-platform framework with first-class mobile or embedded support
• your project is not C++ or requires a higher-level language

Facets

framework · maturity active

web-framework http-server http-client routing api-framework web-development backend apis developer-tools windows bsd cpp rest http c++17 microservices high-performance linux macos

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