Mongoose

Mongoose is an intuitive and powerful piece of software designed from the ground up to make it possible for users to embed it into already existing application in order to provide web interfaces for them.

The application undergoes a streamlined installation process thanks to a pre-compiled Windows binary subsequent to which it automatically integrates itself with the system tray.

Learning to use Mongoose is a straightforward process with users only having to set the shared directory from their system and typing the following address in the address bar of any installed web browser: http://localhost:8080.

Please note that both of these tasks can be effortlessly achieved from the app's system tray menu.

If some additional configuration is required - for example, a different listening port or IP-based access control, then a 'mongoose.conf' file with respective options can be created in the same directory where the executable lives.

Even more so, users can access the app's Advanced settings via a web-based interface. By clicking the appropriate entry from the app's system tray menu, users are automatically directed to a comprehensive web server settings section.

It is worth noting that Mongoose comes with native support for PicoTCP embedded TCP/IP stack, LWIP integrated TCP/IP stack. It also bundles a wide array of protocols, for example: plain TCP, plain UDP, HTTP client, HTTP server, JSON-RPC client, JSON-RPC server, MQTT client, MQTT broker, CoAP client, CoAP server, DNS client, DNS server, async DNS resolver.

The utility's feature list is completed by SSL/TLS security with user authentification via Digest Authentification, support for static HTML/CSS and actual time graph or event data via WebSocket connection.

Mongoose is a useful embedded webser, with a multi-protocol library and forthright features that deem it appropriate for multiple projects like demos, quick tests, file sharing, and Web programming.

Best of all, you ca easily integrate it into your project by simply copying the mongoose.c and mongoose.h files directly into the build tree.