libonion or libhttpserver for embedding a webserver in a small application?

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  1. Onion

    C library to create simple HTTP servers and Web Applications. (by davidmoreno)

    libonion

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  3. libhttpserver

    C++ library for creating an embedded Rest HTTP server (and more)

    libhttpserver

  4. Mongoose

    Embedded web server, with TCP/IP network stack, MQTT and Websocket (by cesanta)

    Since this is only going to be used internally would Mongoose be worth considering?

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