erlyaws/yaws

Yaws is a high-performance, scalable web server for the Erlang/OTP platform, designed to serve dynamic and static content via the HTTP protocol. It provides a comprehensive ecosystem including built-in applications for chat, email, and wikis, alongside a modular handler system for deploying independent web applications. The system supports advanced web standards such as WebSockets, Server-Sent Events, SOAP, and WebDAV, while offering robust security features like SSL/TLS and PAM authentication. Additionally, it includes utilities for monitoring, testing, and cross-platform deployment.

This period marks the initial commit and early development of the Yaws web server, establishing the core build system and configuration infrastructure. Significant features were added, including support for SOAP, WebDAV, and WebSockets, alongside security fixes and documentation updates. The release also introduced a wiki application and C-based authentication drivers, expanding the server's capabilities and integration options.

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This period focused on broadening Yaws' reach by adding native startup scripts for macOS, FreeBSD, and NetBSD, alongside a Windows installer. It also introduced a suite of example applications, including a webmail client, chat room, and shopping cart, while enhancing SSL certificate management and server monitoring capabilities.

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This period focused on broadening Yaws' deployment and development infrastructure, adding init scripts and packaging for major Linux distributions and OpenBSD. It also expanded the project's capabilities through new contrib modules for session storage, debugging, and benchmarking, alongside modernizing the build system and test suite.

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