Monkey
HTTP server for Linux written in C, with a plugin-oriented architecture.
monkeywebserver.comrepositorydocs
Monkey is an HTTP server for Linux, written in C, that runs as a standalone web server. It has a plugin-oriented architecture. The README gives the CMake build steps.
The project’s own site is a GitHub Pages site that still shows an older release, and its documentation page covers the 1.6 and 1.5 lines. The current documentation is kept in a separate repository.
Worth knowing
The repository is the current source for the code, and the site describes older versions. Readers who need documentation for the current release should check the documentation repository as well as the site.
Identity
Rendering and deploy
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-30: name, links
monkeywebserver.com/ - 2026-10-30: links, Written in, License, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/monkey/monkey - 2026-10-30: links
monkeywebserver.com/documentation/ - 2026-10-30: Maintainer, Maintained by
raw.githubusercontent.com/monkey/monkey/master/NOTICE - 2026-10-30: Categories, Runtime, Install with, Runs as
raw.githubusercontent.com/monkey/monkey/master/README.md - 2026-10-30: Current major version, Last release
api.github.com/repos/monkey/monkey/releases - 2026-10-30: First release
raw.githubusercontent.com/monkey/monkey/master/ChangeLog.old - 2026-10-30: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/monkey/monkey/contributors