I built a memory-safe web server in Rust
The web server that I am building is currently in beta, so any feedback is welcome.
I built a memory-safe web server in Rust launched on March 2, 2025 with 90 votes, #443 of 7,215 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
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Ferron is a web server written in Rust, currently in beta. It leverages Rust's memory-safe features to provide a more secure foundation for web serving. The project is open to user feedback during its development phase. It targets developers looking for alternatives to traditional web servers with built-in memory safety protections.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
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Configuration that catches typos before production does. Correlated logs and trace IDs that turn debugging into a simple lookup — so you know why a backend failed, not just that it did. $ c a t / e t c / f e r r o n / f e r r o n . c o n f { log /var/log/ferron/access.log error_log /var/log/ferron/error.log } api.example.com { proxy http://localhost:3000/ json_errors } $ s u d o s y s t e m c t l r e l o a d f e r r o n ; c u r l h t t p s : / / a p i . e x a m p l e . c o m / v 1 / t e s t { "status": 200, "message": "Hello World!" } $ c a t / e t c / f e r r o n / f e r r o n . c o n f { log /var/log/ferron/access.log error_log /var/log/ferron/error.log } api.example.com { proxy…from ferronweb.org
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