httpjet

httpjet is an experimental Linux web server written in Rust. It reads LiteSpeed-compatible XML, speaks LSAPI to lsphp, and supports H1/H2/H3, TLS, static files, proxying, rewrites, compression, and an opt-in page cache.

It is early-stage software built around one production configuration. Test on alternate ports before using it elsewhere.

httpjet powers WindowsForum.com in production. Learn more—or at least enjoy the animation—at httpjet.net.

Build and try it

Requires Linux with io_uring and Rust 1.98+.

git clone https://github.com/faratech/httpjet.git
cd httpjet
cargo build --release -p httpjet
target/release/httpjet --root "$PWD/examples/litespeed" check --strict
target/release/httpjet --root "$PWD/examples/litespeed" serve \
  --http-addr 127.0.0.1:8080 --https-addr "" --workers 1 --no-php
curl -H 'Host: example.test' http://127.0.0.1:8080/

Use --root with an existing LiteSpeed configuration tree. Run httpjet serve --help for runtime options.

Before adopting it, review the current capability matrix and operational limits, configuration examples, and LiteSpeed migration guide. Compatibility is limited to the implemented/tested directive and protocol surface; check --strict warnings must be reviewed rather than treated as parity.

Optional Brotli/zstd uploads use the bounded, transport-independent request decompression policy; gzip retains its existing default behavior.

Short-TTL origin caching is supported today. The missing reusable route-policy controls and their isolated executable proof are documented in the microcache policy requirements.

.htaccess response-header operations are intentionally a subset of Apache mod_headers; the exact supported and ignored forms are pinned in the header-directive compatibility inventory.

A hardened, non-root OCI example documents the required writable mounts, separate TCP/UDP publication for HTTP/3, io_uring runtime requirements, and its non-privileged smoke gate. It is an adoption example, not the production deployment model.

Optional certificate automation is available in the private development branch with --features acme and explicit runtime opt-in. See HTTP-01 and DNS-01/wildcard configuration; it is disabled by default and does not replace existing certbot configuration automatically.

Optional OCSP stapling uses --features ocsp and an explicit responder URL. It is for compatible certificate authorities, not current Let's Encrypt certificates (whose issuer retired OCSP).

Development

The httpjet binary is under crates/httpjet; reusable components are the hj-* crates.

cargo fmt --all --check
cargo check -p httpjet --bin httpjet
cargo test --workspace

See CONTRIBUTING.md, SECURITY.md, and THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md.

Donations support maintenance only; they do not buy features or influence. Funding links will appear in GitHub's Sponsor button when enabled.

httpjet is GPL-3.0-only, with no paid edition or license key. It is independent of and not endorsed by LiteSpeed Technologies.