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GNU libmicrohttpd is a small C library that is supposed to make it easy to run
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an HTTP server as part of another application. GNU libmicrohttpd is free
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software and part of the GNU project. Key features that distinguish
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libmicrohttpd from other projects are:
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* C library: fast and small
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* API is simple, expressive and fully reentrant
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* Implementation is http 1.1 compliant
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* HTTP server can listen on multiple ports
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* Support for IPv6
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* Support for incremental processing of POST data
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* Creates binary of only 30k (without TLS/SSL support)
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* Three different threading models
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* Supported platforms include GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, OS X, W32,
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Symbian and z/OS
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* Optional support for SSL3 and TLS (requires libgcrypt)
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libmicrohttpd was started because the author needed an easy way to add a
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concurrent HTTP server to other projects. Existing alternatives were either
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non-free, not reentrant, standalone, of terrible code quality or a combination
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thereof. Do not use libmicrohttpd if you are looking for a standalone http
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server, there are many other projects out there that provide that kind of
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functionality already. However, if you want to be able to serve simple WWW
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pages from within your C or C++ application, check it out.
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libmicrohttpd is licensed under the GNU LGPL. If you disable HTTPS/SSL
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support, you can also choose the second license, the eCos License.
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