Chinchilla HTTP Web Server 1.1.0

Chinchilla™ is a tiny HTTP "presentation" server for the Microsoft Windows OS. It requires basically no installation and does not mess with the Windows registry or other system settings. For beginners, Chinchilla™ is an ideal server to test small web sites locally. More advanced web programmers use it as a runtime for HTML applications and presentations, e.g. as a "quick and dirty" alter­native to Adobe AIR. Chinchilla™ requires no configuration - just dump all your files in the directory where the Chinchilla™ binary lives and they are served from there. Tiny footprint, easy to use:

• footprint only 3.3 MB
• no installation necessary
• no configuration required
• zero registry dust

Versatile functionality:

• execution of multiple instances
• simulates network congestion
• CGI via Perl 5.10 interpreter
• OS common dialogs via AJAX
• customizable browser window
• to host (D)HTML applications

Deploy for these scenarios:

• "real" Windows apps from RIAs
• CD / DVD autorun.inf apps
• quick fancy product installers
• WWW database local frontends
• browser-based presentations,
• documentations, help systems
• entry-level local test server

 

 

 

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