Cowboy ====== Cowboy is a small, fast and modular HTTP server written in Erlang. Goals ----- Cowboy aims to provide a **complete** HTTP stack in a **small** code base. It is optimized for **low latency** and **low memory usage**, in part because it uses **binary strings**. Cowboy provides **routing** capabilities, selectively dispatching requests to handlers written in Erlang. Because it uses Ranch for managing connections, Cowboy can easily be **embedded** in any other application. Cowboy is **clean** and **well tested** Erlang code. Sponsors -------- The project is currently sponsored by [Sameroom](https://sameroom.io). The original SPDY implementation was sponsored by [LeoFS Cloud Storage](http://leo-project.net/leofs/). It has since been superseded by HTTP/2. Online documentation -------------------- * [User guide](http://ninenines.eu/docs/en/cowboy/2.0/guide) * [Function reference](http://ninenines.eu/docs/en/cowboy/2.0/manual) Offline documentation --------------------- * While still online, run `make docs` * Function reference man pages available in `doc/man3/` and `doc/man7/` * Run `make install-docs` to install man pages on your system * Full documentation in Markdown available in `doc/markdown/` * Examples available in `examples/` Getting help ------------ * Official IRC Channel: #ninenines on irc.freenode.net * [Mailing Lists](http://lists.ninenines.eu) * [Commercial Support](http://ninenines.eu/support)