cws

A minimal web server written in C. 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

• meson
• doxygen
  • Optional, just to build the docs.

How to build

$ meson setup build
$ cd build
$ meson compile

And then run cws!

Docs

# inside the cws directory
$ git submodule update --init
$ doxygen

And then open the docs/html/index.html.

Roadmap

• Understanding basic web server concepts
• Basic server
• CLI args
• Enhance web server
  • IPv6 compatible
  • Request parser
  • Serve static files
  • Implement Keep-Alive
  • Multithreading
  • Logging
• Advanced
  • HTTPS support
  • Caching

Resources

• Beej's Guide to Network Programming

You can find my journey inside the notes directory.