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Lwan
Facts from Lwan's own pages
- Configuration
- Lwan uses a configuration file, and an unchanged default configuration serves files from ./wwwroot on port 8080. · github.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Containers
- Container images are available from GitHub Container Registry at ghcr.io/lpereira/lwan. · github.com, 11 Oct 2026
- HTTPS
- The README documents TLS listeners configured with a certificate and key. · github.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The project says users can build Lwan, use a container image, or install a package from a distribution. · github.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The README documents systemd socket activation for HTTP and HTTPS listeners. · github.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Intended use
- The README says Lwan can be used as a standalone web server or built as a reusable library for applications to expose an interface through HTTP. · github.com, 11 Oct 2026
- License
- The project is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2 or, at the user's option, any later version. · github.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Product
- Lwan describes itself as an experimental, scalable, high-performance HTTP server. · github.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- Its configuration can drop privileges and restrict the server's filesystem view with chroot. · github.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Static files
- Its file-serving module serves static files and can generate directory indexes or serve pre-compressed files. · github.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Support channel
- The README lists an IRC channel, #lwan, on Libera. · github.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Supported systems
- The README's build instructions name Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and macOS. · github.com, 11 Oct 2026
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