ExpressC

ExpressC is a lightweight HTTP server / routing framework written in C, inspired by the simplicity of frameworks like Express.js.

The goal of the project is to make it easier to build small web servers in C without having to manually handle every low-level detail for routing and request/response handling.

What is ExpressC?

ExpressC provides a simple way to:

• define routes
• handle incoming HTTP requests
• build HTTP responses
• organize server logic more cleanly

This project is still in progress, but the long-term idea is to provide a minimal and practical framework for:

• route registration
• request parsing
• response building
• middleware support
• basic server utilities

Setup

Requirements

• a C compiler such as gcc (which was used to test this project)
• Linux, as EPOLL is the only multiplexer supporting at the moment

Build

If you are compiling manually:

gcc -o app main.c ExpressC.c TCPServer/TCPServer.c

Next Steps

• Chunked encoding support
• Cookie Management functions.
• Improved Header and param parsing.
• Colored logging messages in dev mode.
• Configurable modes for dev/prod.
• Error status codes.

Future plans

• Support for TLS
• HTTP/2.0