lukas-h / toy-http

dead simple HTTP server, providing static file hosting (GET, HEAD) :sparkles: single C source file :sparkles:

toy-http

Example http server, providing static file hosting.
See the project page (himsel.me/toy-http)

features

• support for GET and HEAD requests (you can implement other methods easily)
• stable error and interruption management
• scalable and easy to modify
• fast file serving
• blocking function for parental folders of the serve folder
• less than 500 lines of source code

installation

1. download from github.
2. check the dependencies
3. open a terminal and cd into the repository
4. type make to compile
5. and then sudo make install

Binary packages

download here

usage

type toy-http into a terminal!

dependencies

no dependencies to external libraries, just the C standard libraries and
the posix API (preinstalled on all good unix-derivates) and socket api (included)

preferred C compilers:

• gcc
• clang
• tcc

supported OS:

• (GNU)Linux
• Mac OS
• FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonflyBSD
• GNU Hurd
• Solaris (maybe)
• and more, every other OS with POSIX and C libraries
• Windows is supported with an environment like CygWin (or something similar)

licensing

This project is licensed under the GNU AGPL v3 or later.
Copyright (C) 2015, 2016 Lukas Himsel