Appweb is an embedded web server for hosting of dynamic web applications. It is exceptionally fast due to its multi-threaded, event-drive core. It is also very compact and compact, yet has an extensive set of features. It is easily embedded using a little as 800K of memory.
Server-Side Javascript
Appweb includes the new Ejscript web framework for server-side Javascript web applications. Why learn a new language when you can use the same language on the server as in the browser.
Appweb HTTP Server Features
Appweb is a standards-based embedded HTTP server that has a wealth of features including:
- Full HTTP/1.1 web server
- Multi-threaded, event-driven core: fastest performance in its class
- Dynamically loadable modules
- Server-side JavaScript web framework
- In-memory PHP module
- In-process CGI as well as traditional CGI
- Apache compatible configuration and logging
- Basic and Digest Authentication
- Secure Socket Layer (SSL/TLS)
- Session state data management
- HTTP Client program and library
- ROMable web pages and configuration files
- Cross-platform and portable
- Embeddable in applications and devices (supports XIP)
- Modular source code and documentation provided
Proxied
Appweb is an ideal application web server when running behind a reverse proxy such as Apache. The reverse proxy dispatches incoming requests to a set of Appweb instances which can effectively host Ejscript, PHP or Ruby applications.
Official website : http://appwebserver.org
Installation Docs : http://embedthis.com/products/appweb/doc/product/index.html
