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NaviServer is a programmable web server written in C and Tcl. It offers many features for building custom web sites. The implementation is high performance, but the interface is easy to use, at both the C and Tcl level.
Features include:
- Hybrid multi-threaded / async architecture for easy programmer interface and high performance
- Threads isolated from each other with own Tcl interpreters [L1 ]
- Shares data between threads easily with protected variables and caches[L2 ]
- Pooled database connections[L3 ] (also: nsdbi)
- Dynamic Pages in TCL [L4 ] (PHP- and ASP-like syntax)
- Built-in cron-like scheduling
- Watchdog for restarting server
- Efficient handling for large up- and downloads
- Tcl configuration file[L5 ]
- and much, much more..!
Runs (and is tested regularly) on: Linux, Solaris, MacOS X. Also runs on FreeBSD and Windows[L6 ].
Modules (documented on this wiki)
- nsdbi database interface, and drivers: nsdbipg, nsdbimy, nsdbilite.
- ...
- (complete list[L7 ], modules with documentation[L8 ])
HowTo
- NaviServer Command Mode - for exploration and testing
- NaviServer Testing - running tests and using the debugger
- ...
Ancient History
The code was originally (Feb 2005) forked from the AOLserver 4.10 branch, but has seen many independent changes since then, and many back-ports of subsequent AOLserver 4.5 features.
Interestingly, AOLserver was originally called Naviserver before AOL bought the startup NaviSoft. NaviSoft is mentioned in Charles Ferguson's book High Stakes, No Prisoners: A Winner's Tale of Greed and Glory in the Internet Wars[L9 ].
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