httpp vs Civetweb

httpp

Micro http server and client written in C++ (by daedric)

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Civetweb

Embedded C/C++ web server (by civetweb)

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httpp		Civetweb
	Project
-	Mentions	5
166	Stars	2,690
-	Growth	1.7%
5.1	Activity	7.7
9 months ago	Latest Commit	6 days ago
C++	Language	C
BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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httpp

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

Civetweb

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Experience using crow as web server
11 projects | /r/cpp | 6 Nov 2023

Alternatives at the low to medium level of abstraction include civetweb and mongoose, which have a common ancestor. Both of these appear to be C rather than C++, but seem to be production quality and well-documented. Another C library is cpp-httplib, which is probably too low-level for me.
Gute Full Stack Tutorials gesucht.
2 projects | /r/de_EDV | 7 Jul 2023
XHTTP: An HTTP server library in a single C file
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Apr 2022

Also overlaps with mongoose.{c,h} (GPL; not the MongoDB Mongoose) and its fork CivetWeb (MIT license).
https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose
https://github.com/civetweb/civetweb
Implement REST API into a C program
3 projects | /r/C_Programming | 24 Dec 2021
How to use C to make a backend web server ?
1 project | /r/C_Programming | 10 Mar 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing httpp and Civetweb you can also consider the following projects:

Onion - OS overhaul for Miyoo Mini and Mini+

Oat++ - 🌱Light and powerful C++ web framework for highly scalable and resource-efficient web application. It's zero-dependency and easy-portable.

TreeFrog Framework - TreeFrog Framework : High-speed C++ MVC Framework for Web Application

Crow - Crow is very fast and easy to use C++ micro web framework (inspired by Python Flask)

Onion - C library to create simple HTTP servers and Web Applications.

Pistache - A high-performance REST toolkit written in C++

Wt - Wt, C++ Web Toolkit

facil.io - Your high performance web application C framework

drogon - Drogon: A C++14/17 based HTTP web application framework running on Linux/macOS/Unix/Windows [Moved to: https://github.com/drogonframework/drogon]