Free http software for linux

WebInject is a free tool for automated testing of web applications and services. It can be used to test individual system components that have HTTP interfaces (JSP, ASP, CGI, PHP, Servlets, HTML Forms, etc), and can be used as a test harness to create a suite of [HTTP level] automated functional, acceptance, and regression tests. A test harness, also referred to as a test driver or a test framework, allows you to run many test cases and collect/report your results. WebInject offers real-time results display and may also be used for monitoring system response times.

WebInject can be used as a complete test framework that is controlled by the WebInject User Interface (GUI). Optionally, it can be used as a standalone test runner (text/console application) which can be integrated and called from other test frameworks or applications.

WebInject uses an XML API (interface). This means you can use WebInject without ever seeing its internal implementation (no scripting or programming necessary to use it).

WebInject is written in Perl and can run on any platform that a Perl interpreter can be installed on (MS Windows, GNU/Linux, BSD, Solaris, MAC OS, and many more). Currently, binary executables of WebInject are only available for MS Windows. If you would like to run on other platforms, you must have a Perl interpreter and run it from the Perl source code.

Test cases are written in XML files, using XML tags and attributes, and passed to the WebInject engine for execution against the application/service under test. This abstracts the internals of WebInjects implementation away from the non-technical tester, while using an open architecture [written in Perl] for those that require more customization or modifications.

Result reports are generated in HTML (for viewing) and XML (for tranformation by external programs). These detailed results include pass/fail status, errors, response times, etc. Results are also displayed in a window on the User Interface if you are running the WebInject GUI, and are sent to the STDOUT channel if you are running the WebInject Engine as a standalone (console) application.

HTTP response times can be collected and monitored in real-time during test execution. Timer statistics are calculated and displayed in a monitor window during runtime. When used along with gnuplot (a plotting utility), a response time graph is generated and updated in real-time as the test runs. This is used to verify responses from the application/service under test are within an acceptable range (to meet your SLA or quality of service criteria). This also enables WebInject to be run as a performance probe for application/service monitoring.

Monkey is a Web server written in C that works under Linux. This is an open source project based on the HTTP/1.1 protocol.
The objective is to develop a fast, efficient, small and easy to configure web server. If you wish to contribute to this project as a beta-tester, submitting suggestions and constructive criticisms, just contact me. Your input is welcome.
Main features:
- Get, Post & Head method
- CGI & PHP
- Multithreading
- Config files
- Mime types
- VirtualHost
- Directories navigation
- Users home
- Deny by URL & IP
- Resume

LeahHTTPd is a fast HTTP server.
Main features:
- Configurable mimetype support
- Specifyable document root and port
- Templated directory listings
- IPv4 and IPv6 supported
- Basic file-transfer resuming (Range/206)
- Completely asynchronous I/O
- Configurable default directory index file
- CGI support (GET/POST)
- HTTP/1.0 and HTTP/1.1 support
- Resource aliases
- Virtualhost support
Installation:
make install
and
cp dist /etc/leahhttpd -Rad

Dwarf HTTP Server is a full-featured and ready-to-use web server with the Java Servlet API 2.2 and Java Server Pages 1.1 implementation.
Dwarf HTTP Server can be used either standalone or embed in a larger hosting application, free of charge for the binary redistribution
Since the server is based on the Dwarf framework, it shares its common design principles and features - simplicity, high modularity and extensibility, authentication and authorization, XML-based configuration, logging and remote management.
Main features:
- multi-threaded design
- dynamically adjusted number of active threads
- Java Servlet API 2.2 implementation
- Java Server Pages 1.1 (by Apache Tomcat/Jasper)
- HTTP/1.1 and CGI/1.1 implementation
- WebDAV Class 1 implementation
- built-in SSL/TLS support
- IP-based and name-based virtual hosts
- customizable authentication and authorization
- standard and custom HTTP log formats
- extensible session management
- Basic and Form-based HTTP authentication
- automatic deploying of WAR archives
- runtime server configuration
- full documentation with guides and tutorials
- web application examples with source code

mod_proxy_pass_env module provides virtual transparency of environment variables
when using the mod_proxy as reverse-proxy.

This module convert frontend environment variables(header-variables) to the HTTP header of the PROXY request.

Athana is a webserver written entirely in Python. Athana is based on the medusa web-server framework.
Main features:
- Support for upload functionality (http multipart)
- Session handling
- Cookies
- TAL Page Templates

mod_header_modify Apache module can change or remove incoming http headers and it can also add headers that werent sent by the client. It can thus be used to manipulate the behaviour of content handlers that you dont want to (or cant) change. Another option might be to simulate various user agents, perhaps in conjuction with mod_rewrite.

HTTP grabber can be used to see what other people on your LAN are downloading as it saves information being sent via the HTTP protocol to disk.

Check the makefile:
if libngrep isnt in /usr/local/lib, change the LFLAGS
if you dont want httpgrabber to be installed in /usr/local/bin, change the directory in the "install" rule.

To install just run "make" and "make install"