http-rs
Simple webserver, designed to be minimal and just work. We now use clap for parsing the cli args, so dont try the old way!
./http-rs --port 8080 --root ./data/to/serve
Arguments which can be used:
--port: a port where the webserver opens--root: the directory where the webserver serves files from--threads: Number of threads to use (default : 2)--lua-plugin: A lua plugin (path to it)--lua-arg: example debug
More on Lua plugins:
Currently its only semi implemented but its on the way. You can load a plugin and depending on where it lives the lua plugin will always choose its own directory as its current working directory. that is the only thing which i need to mention! Documentation wise its very bad, a wiki of how the Plugin API works will have to be written!
Docker
This can be run within a docker container. And tbh its very simple! You should use MUSL, and alpine for this. example dockerfile:
FROM alpine:3.19 # use alpine, its minimal in size
WORKDIR /app # workdir = app
COPY http-rs ./target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/release/http-rs # copy the binary!
COPY app/ /app/ # copy your HTML containing folder to app or some dir
EXPOSE 8080
# this does look bloated, but its clean!
CMD ["http-rs", "--port", "8080", "--root", "/app"] # run the app , PORT:8080;DIR:/app
Contributers:
Currently there only is 1 Contributer, myself, that is because the repository is privated (as of 16/03/2026)