Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Mhttp – Embeddable C# HTTP server library launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   HTTP Prompt▲128

   An interactive command-line HTTP client

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   My embeddable C/C++ webserver▲84

   2011 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   bawkterm: an open-source SSH/sFTP client▲66

   A desktop client for SSH, SFTP, Docker over SSH

   22d ago · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   KORE.io▲88

   A fast SPDY capable web server for web development in C

   2015 · kore.io · its alternatives →

5. 5MJ
   Machinomy, JavaScript library for micropayments in Ether over HTTP▲9

   2017 · machinomy.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   HTTP Event Sources: backend components for processing HTTP requests▲8

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7TR
   Towards route-less HTTP services in Scala▲8

   2017 · blog.buildo.io · its alternatives →

8. 8CA
   Choral, a Java-compatible language for type-safe multiparty protocols▲7

   2020 · choral-lang.org · its alternatives →

9. 9AS
   A simple embedded websocket server in C++▲5

   Drawing attention to an open source project of mine

   2015 · xania.org · its alternatives →

10. 10
    GenHTTP Webserver▲10

    Lightweight C# webserver with excellent developer experience

    2024 · genhttp.org · its alternatives →

11. 11
    An Useful MCP Server▲8

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    A lightweight module to send HTTP(s) requests from Node.js▲6

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    HTTP server written in x64 assembly (x86-64)▲12

    A minimalist HTTP server for Linux, written in x86_64 assembly - jcalvinowens/asmhttpd

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14PF
    PubStorm – Free CLI-based static web hosting with Let's Encrypt support▲9

    2016 · pubstorm.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Jsong: faster than light streaming JSON parser and writer in C▲9

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16AC
    A CPython Library for Runtime Bytecode Transformations▲5

    2016 · codetransformer.readthedocs.org · its alternatives →

17. 17FE
    First ever MQTT and XMPP dual-protocol server▲8

    2018 · blog.process-one.net · its alternatives →

18. 18SM
    Silk – Markdown driven API tests▲8

    2016 · medium.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Windsock.js – A flux inspired library for building web applications▲6

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Web Agent Memory Protocol (WAMP) – Building Shared Memory for the Web▲5

    2025 · web-agent-memory.github.io · its alternatives →

21. 21
    XPipe – A reimagined SFTP client for modern server infrastructure▲5

    Your entire server infrastructure at your fingertips

    2023 · xpipe.io · its alternatives →

22. 22AV
    A very simple http “proxy” on runkit▲5

    2017 · runkit.io · its alternatives →

23. 23
    AsmHTTPd – The tiniest webserver ever written (Linux, x86_64 assembly)▲8

    A minimalist HTTP server for Linux, written in x86_64 assembly - jcalvinowens/asmhttpd

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24CH
    Concord – High Performance Stream Processing with C++ and Apache Mesos▲7

    2016 · concord.io · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →