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Drogon: A C++14/17/20 based HTTP web application framework running on Linux/macOS/Unix/Windows

16 mentions on Hacker News by 11 people: 4 stories, 12 comments · first 2019-03-19 · latest 2025-11-28

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  1. related - someone should take a stab at actually finishing this :) https://github.com/drogonframework/drogon/issues/988
    comment by winrid · 2025-11-28 · in C++ Web Server on my custom hobby OS
  2. talking about C++, there are drogon framework: https://github.com/drogonframework/drogon not bells and whistles like on Wt as there are no integrated widgets. But have c++ based template (for HTML) engine and other integrated parts what…
    comment by mrktf · 2023-02-09 · in Ask HN: Easiest and cheapest full-stack frameworks that you love?
  3. …in the Tech Empower benchmark is a C++ framework which uses C++'s standard smart pointers. https://github.com/drogonframework/drogon Also, one of the most popular web frameworks for Python started off as an April Fools joke. I'm not sure…
    comment by arinlen · 2022-09-19 · in Cppfront, Herb Sutter's proposal for a new C++ syntax
  4. > How would one go about building a rest service in C++? I'd use https://github.com/drogonframework/drogon if the app needs to be pure C++ or Cutelyst ( https://cutelyst.org/ ) if it's a Qt app which needs to expose an http server
    comment by jcelerier · 2022-07-27 · in Programming languages endorsed for server-side use at Meta
  5. I have used Drogon. It's a very performant one. https://github.com/drogonframework/drogon
    comment by tuna_hn · 2022-05-20 · in Ask HN: C/C++ web framework with routes (like Node.js, Python Flask)
  6. Drogon ( https://github.com/an-tao/drogon ), Cutelyst ( https://github.com/cutelyst/cutelyst/ ), Crow ( https://github.com/CrowCpp/crow ) come to mind
    comment by jcelerier · 2021-04-26 · in Java for Everything (2014)
  7. …it is directly using the postgresql C client library. Check the implementation of DB client: https://github.com/an-tao/drogon/blob/master/orm_lib/src/DbC...
    comment by dragonsh · 2020-08-13 · in Drogon – C++14/17-based rapid HTTP and web application framework
  8. > For example, https://github.com/an-tao/drogon (benchmark winner) or https://oci-pronghorn.gitbook.io/greenlightning/ just aren't pleasant to work with. What makes you say that Drogon isn’t pleasant to work with? Is it some specific…
    comment by chiefsucker · 2020-05-31 · in Framework Benchmarks Round 19
  9. …business logic in the respective language/framework, and that's a pretty big deal. For example, https://github.com/an-tao/drogon (benchmark winner) or https://oci-pronghorn.gitbook.io/greenlightning/ just aren't pleasant to work with. For…
    comment by hombre_fatal · 2020-05-29 · in Framework Benchmarks Round 19
  10. …new (first release a year ago; new to Round 19) and is utterly destroying the benchmarks. https://github.com/an-tao/drogon Show HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19427332
    comment by minimaxir · 2020-05-28 · in Framework Benchmarks Round 19
  11. https://github.com/an-tao/drogon
    comment by an-tao · 2019-08-19 · in Show HN: Drogon becomes one of the fastest web frameworks
  12. …great. I've used libmicrohttpd a few times, so a bit less of an overhead always looks great. [0] https://github.com/an-tao/drogon/wiki/quick-start
    comment by shakna · 2019-03-19 · in Show HN: Drogon – A C++14/17 based high performance HTTP application framework