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Small self-contained pure-Go web server with Lua, Teal, Markdown, HTTP/2, QUIC, Redis, TypeScript, npm-less React 19, SQLite, and PostgreSQL support ++

5 mentions on Hacker News by 3 people: 2 stories, 3 comments · first 2015-03-13 · latest 2026-10-09

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  1. Yes, I added support for deterministic `.prompt` files to the Algernon web server 2 years ago: https://github.com/xyproto/algernon/commit/e09858f9364f8e018...
    comment by xyproto · 2026-10-09 · in Yes, and
  2. …little web server that supports Lua, HTTP/3, PostgreSQL and all sorts of different things: https://github.com/xyproto/algernon A snappy and configuration-free little editor/IDE for the terminal: https://github.com/xyproto/orbiton
    comment by xyproto · 2025-02-24 · in Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2025)
  3. Does Algernon fit the bill? https://github.com/xyproto/algernon Quoting their README: Web server with built-in support for QUIC, HTTP/2, Lua, Markdown, Pongo2, HyperApp, Amber, Sass(SCSS), GCSS, JSX, BoltDB (built-in, stores the database…
    comment by darrenf · 2020-07-22 · in Medium is not the home for your ideas
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    Self-Contained Pure-Go Web Server with Lua, MD, HTTP/2, QUIC, Redis Support
    story by Propolice · 2019-04-05 · 60 comments
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    HTTP/2 web server that can serve Markdown and Lua scripts as pages
    story by xyproto · 2015-03-13 · 0 comments