eidheim/Simple-Web-Server

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

A simple, fast, multithreaded HTTP and HTTPS server and client library for C++11 built on Boost.Asio or standalone Asio. It is designed to make it easy to expose REST resources from C++ applications using regex-based routing and anonymous functions.

Use cases

• expose REST APIs from a C++ application
• embed a lightweight HTTP server in a C++ program
• make HTTPS requests from C++
• build a small multithreaded web service in C++
• handle JSON POST requests in a C++ backend
• serve simple web endpoints without a heavy framework

When to choose

• you need a minimal, easy-to-integrate C++ HTTP/HTTPS server or client
• you want regex-based REST routing with minimal boilerplate
• you prefer Asio-based asynchronous networking with an optional thread pool
• you need a platform-independent, MIT-licensed C++ networking library

When to avoid

• you need a full-featured production web framework with middleware ecosystems
• you require HTTP/2, WebSockets, or advanced protocol features
• you want a library with active recent development and community support
• you need high-performance, battle-tested scaling for heavy production traffic

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

http-server http-client routing middleware web-development backend apis developer-tools windows cross-platform cpp rest asio https c++11 boost header-only linux macos

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