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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.

[http://www.ohloh.net/p/naviserver/analyses/latest/commits_spark.png]

Features include:
   * Hybrid multi-threaded / async architecture for easy programmer interface ''and'' high performance
   * Threads isolated from each other with own Tcl interpreters [http://naviserver.sourceforge.net/n/naviserver/files/ns_ictl.html]
   * Shares data between threads easily with protected variables and caches[http://naviserver.sourceforge.net/n/naviserver/files/ns_cache.html]
   * Pooled database connections[http://naviserver.sourceforge.net/n/nsdb/files/ns_db.html] ''(also: [nsdbi])''
   * Dynamic Pages in TCL [http://naviserver.sourceforge.net/n/naviserver/files/ns_register_adp.html] (PHP- and ASP-like syntax)
   * Built-in cron-like scheduling
   * [Watchdog] for restarting server
   * Efficient handling for large up- and downloads
   * Tcl configuration file[http://naviserver.sourceforge.net/n/naviserver/files/ns_config.html]
   * ''and much, much more..!''

Runs (and is tested regularly) on: [Linux], [Solaris], [MacOS X]. Also runs on [FreeBSD] and Windows[http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=130646&package_id=266633].

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'''Modules''' (documented ''so far'' on this wiki)

   * [nsdbi] database interface, and drivers: [nsdbipg], [nsdbimy], [nsdbilite].
   * database drivers for the original nsdb interface: [nsdbpg], [nsdbtds], [nsdbmysql], [nsdbsqlite], [nsdbdbd]
   * protocol drivers to extend naviserver's capabilities beyond the web: [nsudp], [nsicmp], [nssnmp], [nsdns], [nssyslogd], [nsimap], [nsldapd], [nssnmtpd], [nsradiusd], [nsdhcpd]
   * service modules: [nsmemcache], [msauthpam], [nsaccess], [nsexpat], [nsgdchart], [nsssl], [nsphp], [nsvfs], [nszlib]
   * ''(complete list of [http://bitbucket.org/naviserver/%|%modules %|%], and here [http://naviserver.sourceforge.net/n/toc.html%|%modules with documentation %|%])''

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'''HowTo'''

   * Porting to NaviServer: [NaviServer AOLserver Differences]
   * [NaviServer Command Mode] - for exploration and testing
   * [NaviServer Testing] - running tests and using the debugger
   * [Complete Config File] description
   * Running [PHP inside NaviServer]
   * [What you should be aware of when Running NaviServer]
   * [NaviServer Control Port]
   * [NaviServer inside Chroot Environment]
   * [NaviServer Running as Root]
   * [NaviServer Log Files]
   * Support for [.tcl-style dynamic pages]
   * Managing [TCL interpreter initialization]
   * ...

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'''Ancient History'''

The code was originally [http://bitbucket.org/naviserver/naviserver/changeset/8e130eec8fbc/%|%(Feb 2005) %|%] forked from the [AOLserver] 4.10 branch, but has seen many independent [http://bitbucket.org/naviserver/naviserver/src/tip/NEWS%|%changes %|%] since then, and many back-ports of subsequent AOLserver 4.5 features. The current state of the code:

[https://www.ohloh.net/p/naviserver/analyses/434088/codehistory?height=120&width=500&type=img.png]

The two large spikes are imports of the entire Tcl codebase, from back in the day when AOLserver needed to patch it for thread safety. Here is the [https://www.ohloh.net/p/compare?metric=Activity&project_0=AOLserver&project_1=NaviServer%|%commit activity %|%] (green), compared to [AOLserver] (red):

[https://www.ohloh.net/p/compare_chart?metric=Activity&project_0=AOLserver&project_1=NaviServer&tclwiki=img.png]

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''[http://www.amazon.com/High-Stakes-No-Prisoners-Internet/dp/0812931432], the story of his company Vermeer which developed FrontPage and he sold to Microsoft.

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'''Comments'''

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