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quark – small and simple web server

quark is an extremely small and simple HTTP GET/HEAD-only web server for static content.

The goal of this project is to do one thing and do it well, namely serving static web directories and doing that right.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

  • Supports virtual hosts.
  • Supports explicit redirects.
  • Supports directory listings.
  • Supports conditional “If-Modified-Since”-requests (RFC 7232)
  • Supports range requests (RFC 7233)
  • Supports well-known URIs (RFC 8615)
  • Refuses to serve hidden files and directories.

Website: tools.suckless.org/quark
Support:
Developer: Laslo Hunhold
License: ISC License

quark is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.


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