https://igormihajlov.com/tags/http/Recent content in Http on Igor Mihajlov | Go & TypeScript Backend EngineerHugoen-usWed, 24 Jun 2026 17:14:54 +0200https://igormihajlov.com/projects/huv/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://igormihajlov.com/projects/huv/<p>A small C HTTP/1.1 server library built on <a href="https://libuv.org/">libuv</a> and <a href="https://github.com/nodejs/llhttp">llhttp</a>, with optional TLS via <a href="https://www.trustedfirmware.org/projects/mbed-tls/">mbedTLS</a> and multi-worker scaling via <code>SO_REUSEPORT</code> + <code>fork()</code>.</p> <h2 id="features">Features</h2> <ul> <li><strong>Non-blocking</strong> — single-threaded event loop per worker</li> <li><strong>Middleware + routing</strong> — Express-style <code>use()</code> + <code>get/post/...</code> with <code>:param</code> captures and <code>405 + Allow</code> for unregistered methods on known paths</li> <li><strong>HTTP/HTTPS on one process</strong> — plain HTTP, TLS, or both in the same worker sharing one router</li> <li><strong>Multi-worker</strong> — set <code>workers=N</code> to fork N processes that share the listen port, with the kernel load-balancing incoming connections</li> </ul> <h2 id="tech-stack">Tech Stack</h2> <ul> <li><strong>C</strong> — core implementation</li> <li><strong>libuv</strong> — non-blocking event loop</li> <li><strong>llhttp</strong> — HTTP parsing (the parser behind Node.js)</li> <li><strong>mbedTLS</strong> — optional TLS support</li> <li><strong>CMake</strong> — build system</li> </ul> <h2 id="links">Links</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://github.com/irog-c/huv">GitHub Repository</a></li> </ul>