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GCDWebServer is a lightweight GCD based HTTP 1.1 server designed to be embedded in Mac & iOS apps. It was written from scratch with the following goals in mind:
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-* Entirely built with an event-driven design using [Grand Central Dispatch](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Central_Dispatch) for maximum performance and concurrency
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+* Easy to use and understand: only 4 main classes and less than 10 source code files
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* Well designed API for easy integration and customization
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+* Entirely built with an event-driven design using [Grand Central Dispatch](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Central_Dispatch) for maximum performance and concurrency
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* Support for streaming large HTTP bodies for requests and responses to minimize memory usage
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* Built-in parser for web forms submitted using "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" or "multipart/form-data" encodings (including file uploads)
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-* Minimal number of source files and no dependencies on third-party source code
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+* No dependencies on third-party source code
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* Available under a friendly [New BSD License](LICENSE)
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What's not available out of the box but can be implemented on top of the API:
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Pierre-Olivier Latour