# GenHTTP

Embeddable C# web server and framework for building REST APIs and websites on .NET.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/genhttp/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-26
Listed since: 2026-10-26

## Record

### Links

- home: https://genhttp.org/
- repository: https://github.com/Kaliumhexacyanoferrat/GenHTTP
- docs: https://genhttp.org/documentation/
- discord: https://discord.gg/PRkwKrnrB4

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Andreas Nägeli
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2019
- hqCountry: DE

### Kind

- category: framework, web-server
- hosting: dotnet
- language: csharp
- runtime: dotnet
- runtimeMin: dotnet 10
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: cottle
- i18n: yes

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: NuGet package GenHTTP.Full, dotnet add package

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 11
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-16

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 342
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 18
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://genhttp.org/ (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/Kaliumhexacyanoferrat/GenHTTP (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://genhttp.org/documentation/ (read 2026-10-26)
- maintainer: https://genhttp.org/legal/ (read 2026-10-26)
- maintainerType: https://genhttp.org/legal/ (read 2026-10-26)
- hqCountry: https://genhttp.org/legal/ (read 2026-10-26)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/Kaliumhexacyanoferrat/GenHTTP (read 2026-10-26)
- category: https://genhttp.org/ (read 2026-10-26)
- category: https://github.com/Kaliumhexacyanoferrat/GenHTTP (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://genhttp.org/ (read 2026-10-26)
- runtime: https://genhttp.org/ (read 2026-10-26)
- runtimeMin: https://genhttp.org/ (read 2026-10-26)
- runsAs: https://genhttp.org/documentation/server/ (read 2026-10-26)
- templating: https://genhttp.org/documentation/content/handlers/pages/ (read 2026-10-26)
- i18n: https://genhttp.org/documentation/content/concerns/localization/ (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://genhttp.org/ (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/Kaliumhexacyanoferrat/GenHTTP (read 2026-10-26)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/Kaliumhexacyanoferrat/GenHTTP/releases (read 2026-10-26)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/Kaliumhexacyanoferrat/GenHTTP/releases/latest (read 2026-10-26)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/Kaliumhexacyanoferrat/GenHTTP/releases (read 2026-10-26)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/Kaliumhexacyanoferrat/GenHTTP (read 2026-10-26)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/Kaliumhexacyanoferrat/GenHTTP/contributors (read 2026-10-26)

## Notes

GenHTTP is an embeddable web server and framework written in C# for building REST APIs on .NET. Its homepage presents it as an alternative to ASP.NET Core that needs no configuration. An application adds the GenHTTP.Full NuGet package and starts a host from code; the server keeps running until it receives a shutdown signal. Its [Pages module](https://genhttp.org/documentation/content/handlers/pages/) renders templates with the Cottle engine.

## Worth knowing

Liquid page templates come from a third-party package maintained by Kinetq, not by the project. Commercial options are workshops, prioritized development and consulting, listed on the project's support page, which gives a contact address for them.

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