Mongoose (web server)

{{Short description|Slim webserver, webserver library}}

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| author = Sergey Lyubka

| developer = Cesanta Software Limited

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| latest release version = 7.18

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2025|5|21}}{{cite web |url=https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/releases|title=Releases · cesanta/mongoose · GitHub|website=GitHub |accessdate=3 July 2023}}

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| programming language = C

| operating system = Cross-platform{{cite book | last1=Oehlman | first1=D. | last2=Blanc | first2=S. | title=Pro Android Web Apps: Develop for Android using HTML5, CSS3 & JavaScript | publisher=Apress | series=Apresspod Series | year=2011 | isbn=978-1-4302-3276-6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pZlF7lQY5SQC&pg=PA9 | pages=9–11}}

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| genre = Web server

| license = Dual license: GPLv2 and commercial license{{cite web|url=https://github.com/valenok/mongoose/blob/master/LICENSE|title=Mongoose license|website=GitHub }}

| website = {{url|https://mongoose.ws/}}

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Mongoose is a cross-platform embedded web server and networking library for C and C++.

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