Monkey HTTP Server
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Monkey HTTP Server, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Monkey HTTP Server's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Apache License v2.0 | Free | Open-source software; source and Debian/Ubuntu and Raspbian installation instructions are listed |
The facts
Each one read from Monkey HTTP Server's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access controls
- The security plugin supports restricting service access by network address, subnets and request filters.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Architecture
- The server uses a fixed number of worker threads with an event-driven model based on asynchronous sockets.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Compatibility
- The maker says Monkey is built and tested for ARM, x86, and x64 architectures and is compatible with Linux and OSX.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Concurrency
- Monkey uses a fixed number of threads with an event-driven model and asynchronous sockets to serve many clients.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Current published release
- The download page identifies v1.6.9 as the latest stable release.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Download options
- The maker provides a source archive and installation instructions for Debian/Ubuntu and Raspbian.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Downloads
- The downloads page lists source code plus installation instructions for Debian/Ubuntu and Raspbian.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Extensibility
- Plugins can be built in statically or loaded at runtime as shared libraries.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Included plugins
- The maker lists SSL/TLS, CGI, FastCGI, Liana, Cheetah! Shell, directory listing and security among plugins distributed with the source.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The maker says it is a formal participant organization of the Yocto Project and provides documentation for embedded Linux.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The maker describes Monkey as suitable for embedded devices and high end production servers.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Latest release
- The downloads page names v1.6.9 as the latest stable release; the home page dates it June 04, 2016.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License
- Monkey Server is available under the Apache License v2.0.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Plugins
- Listed plugins include SSL/TLS, CGI, FastCGI, Liana, Cheetah! Shell, directory listing, and security controls.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Product
- Monkey is a lightweight, scalable web server and development stack designed for low memory and CPU use, including on embedded devices.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Protocol
- The feature list includes HTTP/1.1 compliance, IPv4 and IPv6, and virtual hosts.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Protocol and networking
- Listed features include HTTP/1.1 compliance, IPv4 and IPv6, and virtual hosts.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Release age
- The home page dates Monkey v1.6.9 to June 04, 2016.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- The security plugin supports restricting service access by network address, subnets, and request filters.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The v1.6.9 release notes list Slack, a mailing list, GitHub, IRC, Twitter, and LinkedIn as community contact channels.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported architectures
- Monkey is built and tested for ARM, x86 and x64 architectures.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Target users
- The maker highlights embedded Linux systems and says the server is also intended for high-end production servers.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Embedded Linux
- The project says it participates in the Yocto Project and focuses on providing a stable, production-ready web server for embedded Linux.checked 11 Oct 2026
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