# darkhttpd

Single-binary static web server written in C, run with a web root and no configuration file.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/darkhttpd/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-28
Listed since: 2026-10-28

## Record

### Links

- home: https://unix4lyfe.org/darkhttpd/
- repository: https://github.com/emikulic/darkhttpd

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Emil Mikulic
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2021
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: web-server
- hosting: binary
- language: c
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: make from source

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: ISC

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2025-07-24

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 1351
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 31
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://unix4lyfe.org/darkhttpd/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/emikulic/darkhttpd (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://unix4lyfe.org/darkhttpd/ (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainerType: https://unix4lyfe.org/darkhttpd/ (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://unix4lyfe.org/darkhttpd/ (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/emikulic/darkhttpd (read 2026-10-28)
- runtime: https://unix4lyfe.org/darkhttpd/ (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://github.com/emikulic/darkhttpd/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://github.com/emikulic/darkhttpd/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://github.com/emikulic/darkhttpd/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://unix4lyfe.org/darkhttpd/ (read 2026-10-28)
- licenseModel: https://unix4lyfe.org/darkhttpd/ (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/emikulic/darkhttpd/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/emikulic/darkhttpd/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/emikulic/darkhttpd/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/emikulic/darkhttpd (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/emikulic/darkhttpd/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

darkhttpd is a web server for static files, written in C and distributed as a single binary. The web root is its only required argument, and it reads no configuration file. The README covers a build with make and a Docker build from the repository's Dockerfile. It runs as one event loop with no forking or threads, and it can run in the background and write a pidfile.

## Worth knowing

darkhttpd serves static content only and does not run CGI.

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