Top 8 C++ REST Projects

restclient-cpp

5 1,529 6.7 C++

C++ client for making HTTP/REST requests

Project mention: What is the industry standard today in C++ to deploy REST microservices in Kubernetes? | /r/cpp | 2023-09-06

Another good one is restclient-cpp.

RESTinio

14 1,106 8.9 C++

Cross-platform, efficient, customizable, and robust asynchronous HTTP(S)/WebSocket server C++ library with the right balance between performance and ease of use

Project mention: What is the industry standard today in C++ to deploy REST microservices in Kubernetes? | /r/cpp | 2023-09-06

In my past job, we used https://github.com/Stiffstream/restinio and absolutely loved it. It's not as active but it honestly didn't need much.

WorkOS

workos.com sponsored

The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.
restc-cpp

5 583 6.3 C++

Modern C++ REST Client library

Project mention: What is the industry standard today in C++ to deploy REST microservices in Kubernetes? | /r/cpp | 2023-09-06

My favourite was Microsoft's cpprestsdk, but for some reason now is in maintenance mode, I don't know why, so it's hard to suggest it for new projects. A nice alternative is restc-cpp, that's has a good high-level interface, if this is what you want.

aWOT

4 280 0.0 C++

Arduino web server library.
expresscpp

1 84 0.0 C++

Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for C++ Perfect for building REST APIs
siodb

3 44 0.0 C++

A simple SQL database engine. All encrypted. Execute multiple SQL queries at once through one REST query. No ORM and no additional modules required. Available for all programming languages.
Drogon-torch-serve

6 26 0.0 C++

Serve pytorch / torch models using Drogon
InfluxDB

www.influxdata.com sponsored

Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.
X4-rest-server

1 20 4.4 C++

POC/WIP Rest server for the game X4:Foundations

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).