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. Test on alternate ports before using it in a production environment.

Learn more—or at least enjoy the animation—at httpjet.net.

Build and try it

Requires Linux with io_uring and Rust 1.97+.

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.

Optional certificate automation is available 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.