1.nginx / nginx
The official NGINX Open Source repository.
- content-cache
- load-balancer
- reverse-proxy
- web-server
- http
- https
- +9 more
+2,151 stars
from 29,892 · score 7.67
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2.curl / curl
A command line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, GOPHERS, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, MQTT, MQTTS, POP3, POP3S, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET, TFTP, WS and WSS. libcurl offers a myriad of powerful features
+1,970 stars
from 41,402 · score 7.59
+471 stars
from 12,593 · score 6.16
4.cesanta / mongoose
Embedded web server, with TCP/IP network stack, MQTT and Websocket
+406 stars
from 12,720 · score 6.01
5.openresty / openresty
High Performance Web Platform Based on Nginx and LuaJIT
+389 stars
from 13,722 · score 5.97
6.alibaba / tengine
A high-performance web server and reverse proxy, 100% compatible with nginx.
- tengine
- nginx
- http3
- quic
- load-balancer
- lua
- +9 more
+240 stars
from 13,176 · score 5.48
7.EZLippi / Tinyhttpd
TranslatedTinyhttpd is an ultra-lightweight HTTP server of fewer than 500 lines, written by J. David Blackstone in 1999. It is very good for learning and can help us truly understand the essence of server programs. Official website: http://tinyhttpd.sourceforge.net
+164 stars
from 12,049 · score 5.11
+150 stars
from 11,410 · score 5.02
9.ithewei / libhv
Translated🔥 A network library that is easier to use than libevent/libuv/asio. A c/c++ network library for developing TCP/UDP/SSL/HTTP/WebSocket/MQTT/Redis client/server.
- https
- http-client
- http-server
- websocket
- websocket-client
- websocket-server
- +10 more
+125 stars
from 7,447 · score 4.84
10.warmcat / libwebsockets
canonical libwebsockets.org networking library
- websockets
- c-library
- portable-library
- client-server
- lightweight
- libwebsockets
- +9 more
+118 stars
from 5,232 · score 4.78
11.pikvm / ustreamer
µStreamer - Lightweight and fast MJPEG-HTTP streamer
- mjpeg
- mjpg-streamer
- mjpg-stream
- http
- openmax
- openmax-il
- +14 more
+78 stars
from 1,967 · score 4.37
12.owntracks / recorder
Store and access data published by OwnTracks apps
- owntracks
- mqtt
- geolocation
- json
- http
- websockets
- +1 more
+62 stars
from 1,160 · score 4.14
13.metacall / core
MetaCall: The ultimate polyglot programming experience.
- metacall
- function-mesh
- programming-language
- inter-language
- ffi
- polyglot
- +12 more
+46 stars
from 1,784 · score 3.85
14.Cogmasters / concord
A Discord API wrapper library made in C
+45 stars
from 615 · score 3.83
+42 stars
from 8,032 · score 3.76
16.boazsegev / facil.io
Your high performance web application C framework
- websocket-server
- http-protocol
- http-parser
- c
- concurrency
- framework
- +7 more
+41 stars
from 2,372 · score 3.74
+38 stars
from 6,006 · score 3.66
+32 stars
from 3,196 · score 3.50
+22 stars
from 6,414 · score 3.14
20.Softmotions / ejdb
:snowboarder: EJDB2 — Embeddable JSON Database engine C library. Simple XPath like query language (JQL).
+19 stars
from 1,468 · score 3.00
21.CEED / libCEED
CEED Library: Code for Efficient Extensible Discretizations
- ceed
- high-order
- exascale-computing
- api
- ecp
- high-performance-computing
- +5 more
+19 stars
from 254 · score 3.00
22.yodaos-project / yodaos
Yet another Linux distribution for voice-enabled IoT and embrace Web standards
+15 stars
from 1,213 · score 2.77
+9 stars
from 925 · score 2.30
24.Gruppio / Sonoff-Homekit
Make your Sonoff Switch compatible with Apple Homekit! 🎉
+3 stars
from 1,002 · score 1.39
+2 stars
from 250 · score 1.10