cws

A minimal HTTP web server written in C.

Note

: This is a personal project; it is not intended to be a production-ready tool, nor will it ever be. Use it at your own risk.

Requirements

• myclib (on my profile)
• tomlc17
• doxygen (optional, for documentation only - requires dot)

Build

meson setup build
meson compile -C build

Usage

1. Copy config.yaml and www/ directory to your working directory
2. Run ./build/cws
3. Open http://localhost:3030 in your browser

Documentation

git submodule update --init
doxygen

Then open docs/html/index.html.

Roadmap

• Virtual hosts support
• Minimal templating engine
• IPv6 compatibility

Performance

Tested with goku (-c 400 -d 30):

Concurrency level 400
Time taken 31 seconds
Total requests  365363
Mean request time 22.665250723253322 ms
Max request time 2067 ms
Min request time 0 ms
95'th percentile: 20 ms
99.9'th percentile: 1078 ms
200 OK 365363