Hey everyone which server framework will you recommend based

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Hey everyone which server framework will you recommend based on your experience Looking for minimal run time dependencies or even run without a server container like Jetty

cjmartinkoski · Answer

I m using < C1NH36VV0|vertx> with kotlin powerful fast and with small footprint

cjmartinkoski · Answer

Quarkus is also a good choice

robertoestivill · Answer

< CDQF87V4N|micronaut> might be a good fit too

thymecypher · Answer

I built my own so I can safely say Kotlin is powerful enough to not need one but that said they re honestly all really well built and work great even if you don t use the experimental Kotlin support many have

thymecypher · Answer

I wouldn t recommend the DIY approach only because of the deploy part being a bit of a chore

Vishnu Haridas · Answer

< thymecypher> You built the server so that you managed the whole HTTP connection stuff yourself Also HTTPS

thymecypher · Answer

Yeah my goal was eventually to not depend on the JVM for HTTPS but it currently does unfortunately

thymecypher · Answer

Everything else should in theory compile in K N

Vishnu Haridas · Answer

Exactly what I am looking for No run time dependencies on any VMs or server containers < thymecypher> what about the deployment experience

thymecypher · Answer

Unless you go K N which is still fairly unstable you ll have to depend on a JVM to use Kotlin It s deployed using a bash script that relaunches it should it crash surprisingly it never does by just running `java jar server jar` and I have to ssh in and manually update the certs because LetsEncrypt doesn t support creating Java keystores automatically

thymecypher · Answer

Another reason I want to eventually remove the Java HTTPS component you have to either use a Java keystore or build one in memory which is horrible

thymecypher · Answer

~Actually it LOOKS like vertx supports K N~ Nevermind it supports Knative which is something else hah

thymecypher · Answer

Google says pretty much all server frameworks support GraalVM though which could work if you want to make a binary executable without a VM dependency

Vishnu Haridas · Answer

I am looking into the details of GraalVM now Need to check about HTTPS

Animesh Sahu · Answer

< Vishnu Haridas> I love using ktor since it is fully driven by coroutines so easy to manage non blocking codes and dsl based structure of making routes is also very very easy to work with it worths if doesn t meet your requirements see

Animesh Sahu · Answer

Checkout Framework Libraries gt web in your case

Vishnu Haridas · Answer

< Animesh Sahu> Ktor and Vert x are being recommended mostly Anyways I am still curious to know if there are any frameworks that are standalone or doesn t require JVM to run Looks like K N is not that successful yet in the server space