Multi-Threaded HTTP Web Server

A high-performance HTTP/1.1 web server built from scratch in Java using raw sockets and thread pooling.

Features

• Multi-threaded architecture with thread pool (10 workers)
• HTTP/1.1 protocol implementation from scratch
• Static file serving (HTML, CSS, JS, images)
• Handles 50+ concurrent connections
• 100% success rate, 188+ requests/second
• Complete error handling (404, 400, 403, 405)

Performance

• Throughput: 188.68 requests/second
• Success Rate: 100% (50/50 requests)
• Average Response: 5ms per request
• Total Time: 265ms for 50 concurrent requests

Quick Start

Compile

javac SimpleWebServer.java RequestHandler.java

Run

java SimpleWebServer

Test

Visit: http://localhost:8080

Load Test

javac LoadTest.java
java LoadTest

Technical Implementation

• Socket Programming: Raw TCP/IP sockets
• Multi-threading: ExecutorService with fixed thread pool
• HTTP Parsing: Manual request/response handling
• Concurrency: Thread-safe request processing
• Security: Directory traversal protection

Author

Jayanth Sadurla

• Email: sadurlajayanth@gmail.com
• Portfolio: sadurlajayanth.me