# eidheim/Simple-Web-Server

A very simple, fast, multithreaded, platform independent HTTP and HTTPS server and client library implemented using C++11 and Boost.Asio. Created to be an easy way to make REST resources available from C++ applications.

Repository: https://github.com/eidheim/Simple-Web-Server
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/simple-web-server
Language: C++
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: cpp, web, rest, http, https, server, client, asio, library
Archived: true
Last push: 2018-06-12T09:22:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4442, "days_push": 3004, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2692, forks 765 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:11.065742+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: http-server, http-client, routing, middleware
- domain: web-development, backend, apis, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cross-platform, cpp
- tags: rest, asio, https, c++11, boost, header-only, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- eidheim/Simple-Web-Server (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:11.065742+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:16:31.947441+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/eidheim/Simple-Web-Server (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:11.065742+00:00, sha 25d560f89ed5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.