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quickserv
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The beauty of CGI and simple design
> Zero external configuration, other than telling your webserver to enable CGI on your file
This is only true if you've done it before, and know what you're doing. In reality, it looks like a mess of `mod_cgi` configuration, trying different combinations of file permissions, finding the magic `cgi_bin` directory, finding the right obscure log files when there are inevitably errors, wrestling with CORS and other subtleties of HTTP headers, and other complexities that are only easy to navigate if you're already an experienced CGI user.
That being said, I love the philosophy of using CGI for scripts. Instead of using CGI itself, though, I wrote a (single-file, statically-linked) web server called "QuickServ" to bring this philosophy into the twenty-first century. It has all of the upside of CGI, but is much easier to set up and run, especially for beginners.
One of its benefits is that it automatically parses submitted HTTP forms, and converts the form fields to command line arguments. That means it's extremely easy to put existing CLIs on the web with minimal changes other than writing an HTML form front-end.
If you like CGI, I will (shamelessly) ask that you check it out!
https://github.com/jstrieb/quickserv
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29002694
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Websocketd – It's like CGI, twenty years later, for WebSockets
This is awesome! This occupies a similar niche to—and might pair well with—my user friendly, single-binary webserver with CGI-like capabilities called QuickServ. When I released that here, one of the comments was that it would be nice to have WebSocket support. Now, I can just point people to this!
https://github.com/jstrieb/quickserv
- jstrieb/quickserv: Dangerously user-friendly web server for quick prototyping and hackathons
- Introducing QuickServ • Dangerously user-friendly web server for quick prototyping and hackathons
- QuickServ • Dangerously user-friendly web server for quick prototyping and hackathons
- QuickServ – User-friendly web server (only for Local networks!)
- Show HN: QuickServ • Dangerously user-friendly web server
quickserv-examples
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FOSS News International #3: November 15-21, 2021
jstrieb/quickserv: Dangerously user-friendly web server for quick prototyping and hackathons
- QuickServ • Dangerously user-friendly web server for quick prototyping and hackathons
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Show HN: QuickServ • Dangerously user-friendly web server
I made this because I hate web development.
Don't get me wrong, I love that once something is on the web, anyone can effortlessly use it on their phone or computer – my most successful projects have been web apps. But I hate that you need to be knowledgeable about both the latest developments and 20 years of historical context to build anything.
QuickServ is inspired by CGI of old: requests are passed on standard input, and responses are passed on standard output. Unlike CGI, QuickServ is designed to work without the user ever touching the command line.
Using this model, QuickServ makes it easy to build web apps, regardless of experience. It delivers ease of use at the expense of speed and security, which makes it powerful for prototyping and hackathons. Check out the examples to see how effortlessly it can be used to bring bad ideas to life. Such bad ideas include (but are not limited to) web applications built in languages like bash and x86 assembly.
https://github.com/jstrieb/quickserv-examples
Since the main goal of the project is usability, that is the main aspect of the project on which I am looking for feedback. Are the examples clear? Are the error messages clear? Is it easy to set up and install? That kind of thing.
Thanks in advance for taking a look!
What are some alternatives?
websocketd - Turn any program that uses STDIN/STDOUT into a WebSocket server. Like inetd, but for WebSockets.
lf - Fully Decentralized Fully Replicated Key/Value Store
Trusted-CGI - Lightweight runner for lambda functions/apps in CGI like mode
lf - Terminal file manager
vehiclelogserver - Vehicle logging server for Second Life vehicles
cinnamon - A Linux desktop featuring a traditional layout, built from modern technology and introducing brand new innovative features.
preemptible-thread - How to preempt threads in user space
deckhouse - Kubernetes platform from Flant
php - Prolog Home Page
Git - Git Source Code Mirror - This is a publish-only repository but pull requests can be turned into patches to the mailing list via GitGitGadget (https://gitgitgadget.github.io/). Please follow Documentation/SubmittingPatches procedure for any of your improvements.
sozluk-cgi - one of the first versions of ekşi sözlük code as of may 1999
mojo - The Mojo Programming Language