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async_web_server_cpp

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A C++ asynchronous HTTP web server built on Boost.Asio, which can also handle WebSocket upgrade requests. It is a fork of an earlier GT-RAIL package.

Made by Fraunhofer FKIE, Germany (checked on github.com/fkie (opens in a new tab)).

Source on GitHub: github.com/fkie/async_web_server_cpp (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit be0ca7b (opens in a new tab).

Licenses

Code
BSD-3-Clause (opens in a new tab)

Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (BSD-3-Clause) at commit be0ca7b (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.

Commercial use
Yes

What it does

  • Implements an HTTP web server in C++ on top of the Boost.Asio library.
  • Handles WebSocket upgrade requests, so connections can switch to WebSocket.
  • Forked from the defunct GT-RAIL async_web_server_cpp package.
  • Now maintained by Timo Röhling.

Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit be0ca7b.

Getting started

Difficulty
Intermediate

Maintenance

Status
Maintained: a commit in the last 12 months
Newest commit
6 May 2026 on ros2-develop
Latest release
None published on GitHub

Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.

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