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ninenines/cowlib

This system is a low-level Erlang library for handling HTTP protocols, specifically supporting HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, and HTTP/3. It provides core utilities for parsing and manipulating HTTP headers, cookies, and dates, alongside specialized modules for HPACK compression and WebTransport capsules. The project also includes a modernized build system and comprehensive documentation for its public API.

49.2

Weak · 1 August 2026

21k

lines of production code

Erlang

primary language

1

bus factor · 31 authors in all

3

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  • The description of this project is derived from its own commit history, not from its README.
  • The score is its highest published measurement, taken on 1 August 2026 at a pinned commit. It is not a live figure and does not change until the project is measured again.
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