# Install civetweb with Homebrew, apk, apt, Nix, zypper C/C++ embeddable web server with optional CGI, SSL and Lua support. Version 1.16 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-30. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:civetweb ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install civetweb ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add civetweb ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: civetweb from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install civetweb ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: civetweb from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#civetweb ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ci/civetweb/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install civetweb ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: civetweb from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:civetweb - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.16 - **Source summary:** C/C++ embeddable web server with optional CGI, SSL and Lua support - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-30T05:12:28Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - civetweb (cli) - civetweb (alias) ## Dependencies - openssl@3 ## Build dependencies - cmake ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.16 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-30 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/civetweb/civetweb - Upstream latest detected: v1.16 (current) ## Project history and usage CivetWeb is a small MIT-licensed C/C++ embeddable web server that can also run as a standalone server. In package-manager terms it is the long-lived, permissively licensed Mongoose fork that gives C applications an HTTP, HTTPS, CGI, Lua, WebSocket, and WebDAV-capable server without pulling in a large framework. ### Project history The official README says CivetWeb was forked from the last MIT-licensed version of Mongoose in August 2013, after Mongoose moved to a dual GPL/commercial license. Release notes for v1.0 describe the initial objective as preserving an MIT-licensed Mongoose-derived distribution and renaming the code and documentation to CivetWeb. The project subsequently developed independently on GitHub, with release notes showing steady maintenance across API, TLS, Lua, WebSocket, HTTP/2 experiments, fuzzing, and platform-support work. ### Adoption history CivetWeb is packaged across several Unix-style ecosystems in the batch input, including Homebrew, Alpine, Debian, Ubuntu, Nix, and openSUSE/zypper. Its official README also points end users to GitHub and SourceForge binaries and source releases, while directing contributions and issues to GitHub. ### How it is used Developers embed CivetWeb as a library to add web-server functionality to an existing C or C++ program, or run it as a standalone executable on Windows, Unix, Linux, and macOS. Its user manual documents command-line startup, optional configuration-file use, and many runtime options. ### Why package nerds care CivetWeb matters to package maintainers because it preserves the permissively licensed branch of a once-common embedded-web-server lineage. It is small enough to package as a command and library, broad enough to need TLS and scripting dependency decisions, and old enough that downstreams care about ABI, license, and security-update continuity. ### Timeline - 2013: CivetWeb forked from the last MIT-licensed Mongoose version. - 2014: GitHub release v1.6 published. - 2021: Release notes show OpenSSL 3.0 and mbed TLS 3 work in v1.16. - 2026: GitHub repository metadata shows continuing activity. ### Related projects - Mongoose is the direct ancestor named by the CivetWeb README. - The README describes CivetWeb as useful either as an embedded library or as a standalone web server, overlapping with other lightweight C HTTP server libraries. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for civetweb. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: CivetWeb.conf in the executable directory - Windows: CivetWeb.conf in the executable directory ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** civetweb - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - civetweb - 1.16+dfsg-2+deb13u1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: civetweb from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | embeddable web server with optional CGI, SSL and Lua support | https://github.com/civetweb/civetweb/ - Debian apt - libcivetweb-dev - 1.16+dfsg-2+deb13u1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libcivetweb-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | embeddable web server with optional CGI, SSL and Lua support (devel) | https://github.com/civetweb/civetweb/ - Debian apt - libcivetweb1 - 1.16+dfsg-2+deb13u1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libcivetweb1 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | embeddable web server with optional CGI, SSL and Lua support (lib) | https://github.com/civetweb/civetweb/ - Nix - civetweb: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ci/civetweb/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - civetweb - 1.16+dfsg-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: civetweb from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | embeddable web server with optional CGI, SSL and Lua support | https://github.com/civetweb/civetweb/ - Ubuntu apt - libcivetweb-dev - 1.16+dfsg-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libcivetweb-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | embeddable web server with optional CGI, SSL and Lua support (devel) | https://github.com/civetweb/civetweb/ - Ubuntu apt - libcivetweb1 - 1.16+dfsg-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libcivetweb1 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | embeddable web server with optional CGI, SSL and Lua support (lib) | https://github.com/civetweb/civetweb/ - apk - civetweb - 1.16-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: civetweb from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Embedded C/C++ web server | https://github.com/civetweb/civetweb - apk - civetweb-dev - 1.16-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: civetweb-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Embedded C/C++ web server (development files) | https://github.com/civetweb/civetweb - apk - libcivetweb - 1.16-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libcivetweb from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Embedded C/C++ web server (C library) | https://github.com/civetweb/civetweb - apk - libcivetweb-cpp - 1.16-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libcivetweb-cpp from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Embedded C/C++ web server (C++ library) | https://github.com/civetweb/civetweb - zypper - civetweb - 1.6+git1776611085.588860e3-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: civetweb from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | A C/C++ web server | https://github.com/civetweb/civetweb - zypper - civetweb-devel - 1.6+git1776611085.588860e3-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: civetweb-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Header files and development libraries for civetweb | https://github.com/civetweb/civetweb - zypper - libcivetweb-cpp1_16_0 - 1.6+git1776611085.588860e3-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libcivetweb-cpp1_16_0 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Shared Object for applications that use civetweb embedded | https://github.com/civetweb/civetweb - zypper - libcivetweb1_16_0 - 1.6+git1776611085.588860e3-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libcivetweb1_16_0 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Shared Object for applications that use civetweb embedded | https://github.com/civetweb/civetweb ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Security and crypto packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/security-crypto-tools/) - Matched security, identity, cryptography, password, signing, or certificate metadata. - [Web development packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/web-dev-tools/) - Matched web development metadata. - [openssl@3](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openssl-3/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [root](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/root/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [h2o](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/h2o/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: openssl, openssl-3, server, support, web. - [coturn](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/coturn/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: openssl, openssl-3, server. - [cups](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cups/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: openssl, openssl-3, server. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/civetweb.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/civetweb.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph