Stiffstream/restinio

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1305 stars · 118 forks observed · 2026-09-29

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

RESTinio is a C++17 header-only library providing an embedded asynchronous HTTP(S)/WebSocket server built on standalone ASIO. It offers ExpressJS-like routing, middleware chaining, TLS, compression, and HTTP pipelining with a balance of performance and ease of use.

Use cases

• embed an http server in a c++ application
• build a rest api in c++
• add websocket support to a c++ backend
• serve https with tls in a lightweight c++ server
• handle async http requests with pipelining
• implement express-style routing in c++

When to choose

• you need an embedded, high-performance async HTTP/WebSocket server in C++
• you want ExpressJS-like routing and middleware in a C++17 codebase
• you need TLS, compression, and sendfile support without running a separate web server

When to avoid

• you need a full-featured standalone web server with static config and process management
• your project is not C++ or cannot use ASIO
• you want a batteries-included framework with ORM, templating, and auth out of the box

Facets

library · maturity stable

http-server websocket routing middleware http-client web-development backend apis windows cpp cross-platform header-only asio rest tls async embedded-server linux macos

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