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GenHTTP

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

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 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.

Identity

Status
Active
Maintainer
Andreas Nägeli4
Maintained by
Individual4
First release
20199
Headquarters
Germany4

Rendering and deploy

Runs as
Always on6
Install with
NuGet package GenHTTP.Full, dotnet add package1

Releases

Current major version
119
Last release
2026-10-1610

Adoption

GitHub stars
3422
Contributors
1811

Why these figures do not compare

Sources

  1. 2026-10-26: links, Categories, Install with, Runtime, Minimum runtime, License
    genhttp.org/
  2. 2026-10-26: links, Written in, License, GitHub stars
    api.github.com/repos/Kaliumhexacyanoferrat/GenHTTP
  3. 2026-10-26: links
    genhttp.org/documentation/
  4. 2026-10-26: Maintainer, Maintained by, Headquarters
    genhttp.org/legal/
  5. 2026-10-26: Categories
    github.com/Kaliumhexacyanoferrat/GenHTTP
  6. 2026-10-26: Runs as
    genhttp.org/documentation/server/
  7. 2026-10-26: Templating
    genhttp.org/documentation/content/handlers/pages/
  8. 2026-10-26: Multilingual
    genhttp.org/documentation/content/concerns/localization/
  9. 2026-10-26: Current major version, First release
    api.github.com/repos/Kaliumhexacyanoferrat/GenHTTP/releases
  10. 2026-10-26: Last release
    api.github.com/repos/Kaliumhexacyanoferrat/GenHTTP/releases/latest
  11. 2026-10-26: Contributors
    api.github.com/repos/Kaliumhexacyanoferrat/GenHTTP/contributors

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