GenHTTP Webserver
Lightweight C# webserver with excellent developer experience
GenHTTP Webserver launched on December 7, 2024 with 10 votes, #1,989 of 5,365 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
What it does
Lightweight REST API server framework written in C# with support for current standards such as Open API, JWT auth, Websockets and more.
Lightweight, embeddable HTTP web server written in C# with support for current standards such as Open API, JWT auth, Websockets and more.
A configuration-free, embeddable alternative to ASP.NET Core for building REST APIs on .NET. GenHTTP is designed for rapid web service development in .NET, supporting IDEs like Visual Studio, VS Code or Rider. Written in C# and provided as a .NET library package on NuGet, with just a few dependencies. Spin up a local server with a single line of code. Provides a simple, yet powerful, fully object-oriented module system. Supports widely used standards such as Open API, WebSockets, Server Sent Events, or JWT authentication. Embed the tiny engine into your existing dotnet application (e.g. Windows Forms, WPF, MAUI, WinUI, UWP, Uno, Avalonia or console) or host it via Docker. No configuration…from genhttp.org
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