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Algernon

Small self-contained pure-Go web server with Lua, Markdown, HTTP/2,

Reverse Proxy & Gateways ★ 3k stars Medium setup BSD-3-Clause

Small self-contained pure-Go web server with Lua, Markdown, HTTP/2, QUIC, Redis and PostgreSQL support.

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Strengths

  • Released under the BSD-3-Clause license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Active community (3k GitHub stars)
  • Written in JavaScript

Is Algernon secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect Algernon's latest release (v1.17.12). OSV.dev lists 9 past advisories for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2026-52792, published 2026-08-19 (56 days ago), fixed in 1.17.9

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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SelfHostIndex: 90 · excellent

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