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WAFer is a C language-based ultra-light scalable server-side web applications framework. Think node.js for C programmers. Because it's written in C for the C eco system, WAFer is wafer-thins with a memory footprint that is only a fraction of that of node.js and other bulky frameworks.

Just copy server.c (say, as myserver.c), put your code inside the functionvoid server(Request request) inmyserver.c and, make withmake SERVER=myserver, and you are good to go.

WAFer can operate in many different configurations, all selected at compile time. They include:

1. Single-threaded (Default) or multi-threaded (make withTHREADS=n where n>0)

2. Select(Default) or epoll (make withLOOP=epoll) based event loop

3. C10K mode (make withLOOP=epoll MAX_CON_CONS=n where n>10,000)

Default port is 4242. Set environment variable 'PORT' to change it.

That's really it. The source comes with a simple exampleexample.c to get you started.

Thank you for making this a wonderful project!

Here's our preferred formatting style:

find . \( -name '*.c' -o -name '*.h' \) -exec indent --no-tabs  --linux-style --line-length 90 --indent-level 4 -bli0 \{\} \;

1. J. David Blackstone andFeng Shen, whose web servers have been repurposed to build this platform.

2. Mark Karpeles for the incredible number of bug fixes!

3. Fine folks at /r/programming for the honest and constructive feedback.