Effortless API Development with C#
A configuration-free framework for building REST APIs.
Get StartedFast Development
GenHTTP is designed for rapid web service development in .NET, supporting IDEs like Visual Studio or Rider.
100% Managed
Written in C# and provided as a .NET library package on nuget, with just a few dependencies. Spin up a local server with a single line of code.
Simple & Powerful
Provides a simple, yet powerful, fully object-oriented module system. Supports widely used standards such as Open API, WebSockets, Server Sent Events, or JWT authentication.
Flexible Hosting
Embed the tiny engine into your existing dotnet application (e.g. Windows Forms, WPF, MAUI, WinUI, UWP, Uno, Unity or console) or host it via Docker. No configuration files or other magic.
Minimal Footprint
Originally intended to run on a netbook with an Intel Atom processor, the server code is optimized to be fast and minimalistic, with low CPU and memory requirements.
Open Source
All sources are available on GitHub under the MIT license. Contributions welcome.