darkhttpd

A small, static webserver

Features: Simple to set up: Single binary, no other files, no installation needed. Standalone, doesn't need inetd or ucspi-tcp. No messing around with config files - all you have to specify is the www root. Written in C - efficient and portable. Small memory footprint. Event loop, single threaded - no fork() or pthreads. Generates directory listings. Supports HTTP GET and HEAD requests. Supports Range / partial content. (try streaming music files or resuming a download) Supports If-Modified-Since. Supports Keep-Alive connections. Uses sendfile() on FreeBSD, Solaris and Linux. Can use acceptfilter on FreeBSD. At some point worked on FreeBSD, Linux, OpenBSD, Solaris. BSD license. Security: Can log accesses, including Referer and User-Agent. Can chroot. Can drop privileges. Impervious to /../ sniffing. Times out idle connections. Drops overly long requests. Limitations: Only serves static content - no CGI.

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