Monkey HTTP Server

monkeywebserver.com · checked 11 Oct 2026

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—Public API

NoOpen source

YesFree tier

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Monkey is a lightweight, scalable web server and development stack designed for low memory and CPU use, including on embedded devices.

Pricing

Apache License v2.0Open-source software; source and Debian/Ubuntu and Raspbian installation instructions are listedFree

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Facts

Website: monkeywebserver.com
Price: Free tier
Free trial: No
Access controls: The security plugin supports restricting service access by network address, subnets and request filters.
Architecture: The server uses a fixed number of worker threads with an event-driven model based on asynchronous sockets.
Compatibility: The maker says Monkey is built and tested for ARM, x86, and x64 architectures and is compatible with Linux and OSX.
Concurrency: Monkey uses a fixed number of threads with an event-driven model and asynchronous sockets to serve many clients.
Current published release: The download page identifies v1.6.9 as the latest stable release.
Download options: The maker provides a source archive and installation instructions for Debian/Ubuntu and Raspbian.
Downloads: The downloads page lists source code plus installation instructions for Debian/Ubuntu and Raspbian.
Embedded Linux: The project says it participates in the Yocto Project and focuses on providing a stable, production-ready web server for embedded Linux.
Extensibility: Plugins can be built in statically or loaded at runtime as shared libraries.
Included plugins: The maker lists SSL/TLS, CGI, FastCGI, Liana, Cheetah! Shell, directory listing and security among plugins distributed with the source.
Integrations: The maker says it is a formal participant organization of the Yocto Project and provides documentation for embedded Linux.
Intended users: The maker describes Monkey as suitable for embedded devices and high end production servers.

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