C/C++ - Any good web server library?

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Are there any open source, fast web server libraries? Thanks.

Duplicate? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/738273/open-source-c-c-embedded-web-server, http://stackoverflow.com/questions/175507/c-c-web-server-library, http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1205753/which-embedded-web-server-to-use-for-my-app-gui — Éric Malenfant, Sep 28 '09 at 13:14

score 24 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 02 '16 at 14:23

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mongoose (formely shttpd, GPL v2 and commercial license), libmicrohttpd (LGPL v2.1 license).

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answered Sep 28 '09 at 12:50

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libmicrohttpd is just perfect. Thanks. – Alon Gubkin Sep 28 '09 at 13:24
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Thanks for the link to libmicrohttpd, I had no idea it even existed :) Looks like a clean API and very liberal license, its going in my tool box. – Tim Post Sep 28 '09 at 16:12

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 28 '09 at 12:47

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As far as I know, libevent has a great event-driven and lightweight http server header.

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Thanks for the link. Very bare bones, but interesting stuff. – Mahmoud Al-Qudsi Apr 10 '12 at 05:48
Bare bones is actually what c++ code should be. – Andrew Apr 09 '18 at 23:35

MRG · Answer 3 · 2009-09-28T12:56:57.760

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If you want to play with the concept you can check this codproject article.

You can also check this wikipedia article whcih compares major light weight embedded server.

You can check AppWeb Http Server also.

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m.m. · Answer 4 · 2009-09-28T13:02:10.087

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Take a look at Qt. I don't know if it's fast enough for you, but it has a nice network module. You also get SQL and XML modules, and a lot more (which can be nice depending on your needs), for free. GPL/LGPL and cross-platform.

http://doc.trolltech.com/4.5/qtnetwork.html

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Qt network library doesn't give you a way of handling http protocol. It also doesn't come with a thread pooled select server. You would have to construct everything from TCP up to an http server capable of handling the [C10k problem](http://www.kegel.com/c10k.html). As such, I do not find this recommendation useful. – nurettin Sep 30 '13 at 06:18

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