Monkey HTTP Server

Spec sheet

Product

Monkey is a lightweight, scalable HTTP web server designed for low memory and CPU use, including embedded devices and production servers.Read 11 Oct 2026 · monkeywebserver.com

Intended users

The maker describes Monkey as suitable for embedded devices and high end production servers.Read 11 Oct 2026 · monkeywebserver.com

Integrations

The maker says it is a formal participant organization of the Yocto Project and provides documentation for embedded Linux.Read 11 Oct 2026 · monkeywebserver.com

Security

The security plugin supports restricting service access by network address, subnets, and request filters.Read 11 Oct 2026 · monkeywebserver.com

Support

The v1.6.9 release notes list Slack, a mailing list, GitHub, IRC, Twitter, and LinkedIn as community contact channels.Read 11 Oct 2026 · monkeywebserver.com

License

Monkey Server is available under the Apache License v2.0.Read 11 Oct 2026 · monkeywebserver.com

Access controls

The security plugin supports restricting service access by network address, subnets and request filters.Read 11 Oct 2026 · monkeywebserver.com

Architecture

The server uses a fixed number of worker threads with an event-driven model based on asynchronous sockets.Read 11 Oct 2026 · monkeywebserver.com

Compatibility

The maker says Monkey is built and tested for ARM, x86, and x64 architectures and is compatible with Linux and OSX.Read 11 Oct 2026 · monkeywebserver.com

Concurrency

Monkey uses a fixed number of threads with an event-driven model and asynchronous sockets to serve many clients.Read 11 Oct 2026 · monkeywebserver.com

Current published release

The download page identifies v1.6.9 as the latest stable release.Read 11 Oct 2026 · monkeywebserver.com

Download options

The maker provides a source archive and installation instructions for Debian/Ubuntu and Raspbian.Read 11 Oct 2026 · monkeywebserver.com

Downloads

The downloads page lists source code plus installation instructions for Debian/Ubuntu and Raspbian.Read 11 Oct 2026 · monkeywebserver.com

Embedded Linux

The project says it participates in the Yocto Project and focuses on providing a stable, production-ready web server for embedded Linux.Read 11 Oct 2026 · monkeywebserver.com

Extensibility

Plugins can be built in statically or loaded dynamically, and the server exposes a C API interface.Read 11 Oct 2026 · monkeywebserver.com

Included plugins

The maker lists SSL/TLS, CGI, FastCGI, Liana, Cheetah! Shell, directory listing and security among plugins distributed with the source.Read 11 Oct 2026 · monkeywebserver.com

Latest release

The downloads page names v1.6.9 as the latest stable release; the home page dates it June 04, 2016.Read 11 Oct 2026 · monkeywebserver.com

Plugins

Listed plugins include SSL/TLS, CGI, FastCGI, Liana, Cheetah! Shell, directory listing, and security controls.Read 11 Oct 2026 · monkeywebserver.com

Protocol

The feature list includes HTTP/1.1 compliance, IPv4 and IPv6, and virtual hosts.Read 11 Oct 2026 · monkeywebserver.com

Protocol and networking

Listed features include HTTP/1.1 compliance, IPv4 and IPv6, and virtual hosts.Read 11 Oct 2026 · monkeywebserver.com

Release age

The home page dates Monkey v1.6.9 to June 04, 2016.Read 11 Oct 2026 · monkeywebserver.com

Supported architectures

Monkey is built and tested for ARM, x86 and x64 architectures.Read 11 Oct 2026 · monkeywebserver.com

Target users

The maker highlights embedded Linux systems and says the server is also intended for high-end production servers.Read 11 Oct 2026 · monkeywebserver.com

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