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-Embedded C/C++ web server
+CivetWeb is a C/C++ embeddable web server with optional CGI, SSL and
+Lua support. CivetWeb can be used by developers as a library, to add
+web server functionality to an existing application. It can also be
+used by end users as a stand-alone web server running on a Windows or
+Linux PC. It is available as single executable, no installation is
+required.
 
 WWW: https://github.com/civetweb/civetweb