
Racket Web Server
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Racket Web Server, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Racket Web Server's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Racket Web Server | Free | No paid plans or usage limits are stated on the opened pages. |
The facts
Each one read from Racket Web Server's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- Application utilities
- The documentation includes URL-based dispatch, formlets, templates, page helpers, and servlet testing.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Platforms
- Racket describes its software as cross-platform for Windows, macOS, and Linux, and offers installers for those platforms.checked 8 Oct 2026
What it does
- HTTP features
- The HTTP libraries cover requests, responses, cookies, authentication, and request bindings.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The Racket website lists editor support for DrRacket, VS Code, Emacs, and Vim.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The manual is for developers building web applications with Racket libraries.checked 8 Oct 2026
- License
- The package listing gives the license as Apache-2.0 or MIT.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Package status
- The package listing describes web-server as an HTTP server and reports a valid license.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- The manual describes Racket libraries for building web applications.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Scalability
- The manual recommends stateless servlets for improved scalability when possible.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Security
- The security FAQ warns that continuation URLs can subvert authentication and should be protected like the information in the continuation.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Server use
- The libraries include ways to run web servlets and launch web servers.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Servlet models
- The manual describes stateful servlets, whose continuations are stored in server memory, and stateless servlets, whose continuations can be stored by the client or on server disk.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- The Racket website points users to Discourse and Discord as its most active community spaces, along with Slack, Reddit, and mailing lists.checked 8 Oct 2026
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