websrv
@ https://github.com/AgentD/websrv
Example tiny C web server for learning. Note the simplicity of HTTP 1 protocol and the socket code.
thttpd
@ https://acme.com/software/thttpd/
Production quality, but small and performant full-featured HTTP/1.1 server written in C.
epoll server
@ https://github.com/samsquire/epoll-server
Implementation of a socker server that can serve multiple clients on a single thread, by implementing a Krizhanovsky's ring buffer.
Turfwar
@ https://github.com/jart/cosmopolitan/blob/master/net/turfwar/turfwar.c
Implementation of a complete web application in C, including a web server. Highly scalable to many thousands of users. Also utilises a completely portable executable architecture.
quark by suckless
@ https://tools.suckless.org/quark/
Extremely small HTTP static content server.
nweb
@ https://nmon.sourceforge.net/pmwiki.php?n=Site.Nweb
Tiny 200 lines of C HTTP static page web server.
althttpd
@ https://sqlite.org/althttpd/file/althttpd.c
Small HTTP server written in C.
mongoose
@ https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/
Embedded networking library for C. Very much designed for production.
civetweb
@ https://github.com/civetweb/civetweb
Fork of mongoose, before its license changed, and provides a permissive use license. Adds a set of features on top of what was part of the fork.
libhttp
@ https://github.com/lammertb/libhttp
A fork of mongoose and civetweb, with a focus on event driven communication and documentation.
Redbean
@ https://redbean.dev/
Web server that is built using the actually portable executable architecture. Embeds Lua, SQLite, and MbedTLS. Highly performant.
httpd
@ https://httpd.apache.org/
The popular and original httpd server, maintained by Apache.
nginx
@ https://nginx.org/en/
HTTP and reverse proxy server, full featured and extensible.
esp8266 web server
@ https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino/tree/master/libraries/ESP8266WebServer
Arduino code library for the esp8266 wifi module to enable operating the microcontroller as a web server.
socket(2) linux
@ https://linux.die.net/man/2/socket
Linux system interface for creating a communication endpoint.
socket(7) linux
@ https://linux.die.net/man/7/socket
Linux socket interface manual further info.
tcp(7) linux
@ https://linux.die.net/man/7/tcp
TCP using the socket interface in Linux.
webserver liburing
@ https://unixism.net/loti/tutorial/webserver_liburing.html
Example code, tutorial, and blog series on using io_uring to with an HTTP web server.
io_uring
@ https://kernel.dk/io_uring.pdf
Introduction to the io_uring Linux IO interface.