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A static file server in x86 Assembly Build Status

Features and qualities:

  • Just under 1K lines of x86 NASM source
  • No libc (all batteries included)
  • No allocations
  • Release binary weighs in at 8.4KB (half the size of a C++ hello world)
  • Parallelized request handling via fork
  • Automatic directory index handling
  • Continuous testing suite

Building for release

You can make a tiny build using the following command. The generated binary is build/httpd. The server will serve from its working directory on port 15000 when started.

$ LOGGING=0 RELEASE=1 make -B

Building for development

This project compiles instantly, so just using make run will build and run the latest code.

Why build this?

I wanted to know what it was like to build a super bare-bones web server in x86 Assembly. Now I know.