Ferron – a fast, memory-safe web server written in Rust

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Ferron - a fast, memory-safe web server written in Rust Features High performance - built with Rust’s async capabilities for optimal speed. - built with Rust’s async capabilities for optimal speed. Memory-safe - built with Rust, which is a programming language offering memory safety. - built with Rust, which is a programming language offering memory safety. Extensibility - modular architecture for easy customization. - modular architecture for easy customization. Secure - focus on robust security practices and safe concurrency. Components Ferron consists of multiple components: ferron : The main web server. : The main web server. ferron-passwd : A tool for generating user entries with hashed passwords, which can be copied into the web server's configuration file. Installation Since Ferron is still a work in progress, installation instructions will be provided once an initial release is available. Stay tuned! Building Ferron You can clone the repository and explore the existing code: git clone https://github.com/ferronweb/ferron.git cd ferron You can then build and run the web server using Cargo: cargo build -r cargo run -r --bin ferron You can also use Ferron Forge to build the web server. Ferron Forge outputs a ZIP archive that can be used by the Ferron installer. Server configuration You can check the Ferron documentation to see configuration properties used by Ferron. Contributing See Ferron contribution page for details. License

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