ecewo is an asynchronous, single-threaded C web framework with an Express.js-style API.
It provides routing, middleware, request/response helpers, arena-based memory management, and an embedded runtime designed to be friendly to FFI bindings.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Single-threaded asynchronous event loop built on libuv.
- Express.js-style API with routes, middleware, and handlers.
- Supports GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, and OPTIONS methods.
- Dynamic path parameters, wildcard routes, and radix-tree route lookup.
- Global, path-prefix, and route-specific middleware chains.
- Helpers for text, HTML, JSON, redirects, headers, query strings, and path parameters.
- Per-request arena allocation with automatic cleanup after responses are sent.
- Async helpers for blocking work, deadlines, timeouts, and recurring intervals.
- Configurable IPv4/IPv6 listening, timeouts, backlog, and connection limits.
- Plugin system with modules for cookies, CORS, HTTPS, multipart forms, PostgreSQL, static files, sessions, and WebSocket support.
- Single public header with prefixed symbols and an FFI-friendly ABI.
Website: github.com/ecewo/ecewo
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Developer: ecewo
License: MIT License
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