# Static Web Server

Cross-platform web server written in Rust for serving static files, with TLS, compression and access controls configured from the command line or a TOML file.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/static-web-server/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-30
Listed since: 2026-10-30

## Record

### Links

- home: https://static-web-server.net
- repository: https://github.com/static-web-server/static-web-server
- docs: https://static-web-server.net/v2/
- discord: https://discord.gg/VWvtZeWAA7

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Jose Quintana
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2019
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: web-server
- hosting: binary
- language: rust
- 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: binary-installer

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT OR Apache-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-07

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 2388
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 54
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://static-web-server.net/ (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/static-web-server/static-web-server (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://static-web-server.net/ (read 2026-10-30)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/static-web-server/static-web-server/master/LICENSE-MIT (read 2026-10-30)
- maintainerType: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/static-web-server/static-web-server/master/Cargo.toml (read 2026-10-30)
- category: https://static-web-server.net/ (read 2026-10-30)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/static-web-server/static-web-server (read 2026-10-30)
- runtime: https://static-web-server.net/ (read 2026-10-30)
- runsAs: https://static-web-server.net/v2/features/windows-service (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://static-web-server.net/v2/download-install (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://static-web-server.net/v2/download-install (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://static-web-server.net/v2/download-install (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://static-web-server.net/v2/download-install (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://static-web-server.net/v2/download-install (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://static-web-server.net/v2/features/docker (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://static-web-server.net/v2/download-install (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://static-web-server.net/v2/building-from-source (read 2026-10-30)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/static-web-server/static-web-server/master/Cargo.toml (read 2026-10-30)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/static-web-server/static-web-server/master/LICENSE-MIT (read 2026-10-30)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/static-web-server/static-web-server/releases/latest (read 2026-10-30)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/static-web-server/static-web-server/releases/latest (read 2026-10-30)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/static-web-server/static-web-server/releases (read 2026-10-30)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/static-web-server/static-web-server (read 2026-10-30)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/static-web-server/static-web-server/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-30)

## Notes

Static Web Server is a web server for serving a folder of static files, with TLS, compression and access controls configured from the command line or a TOML file. It is written in Rust and ships as a single binary with no runtime dependencies.

The [download and install page](https://static-web-server.net/v2/download-install) documents a binary installer script, several package managers, a WebAssembly runtime and a Docker image, and the project also documents a source build with Cargo. On Windows the binary can run in a Windows Service context, and one running instance can host more than one static website through virtual hosting.

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