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WEBrick

WEBrick is a Ruby library providing simple HTTP web servers. It uses basic access authentication and digest access authentication for different kinds of servers that it can create - HTTP based server, HTTPS server, proxy server and virtual-host server. Construction of several non-HTTP servers such as the Day Time Server which uses the Daytime Protocol…

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Available in
Ruby
Developer
Ruby Community
License
2-Clause BSD License
Operating system
Cross-platform
Original authors
Masayoshi Takahashi and Yuuzou Gotou and et al.
Repository
github.com/ruby/webrick

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WEBrick

Nodes36
Edges35
Triples58
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.055556
Components1

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WEBrick

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related to Usage · 20
WEBrick → Archived, CGI, CGIHandler, During, ERB, ERBHandler, FileHandler, For, Furthermore, HTML, HTTP, HTTPServlet, It, On, Rails, RHTML, Ruby, Ruby Blocks, URI, Wayback Machine
related to history · 10
WEBrick → Due, HTTP, Internet Programming, It, Japanese Engineering, Open Design, Ruby, The WEBrick ERB Handler, WEBrick Proxy Server, WEBrick Virtual Host
related to Limitations · 4
WEBrick → Hence, Mongrel, Rails, Unlike
related to External links · 3
WEBrick → Gnome's Guide, WEBrickRuby Standard Library, WEBrickWEBrick High Performance
related to Starting a proxy server · 3
WEBrick → GET, HEAD, POST
related to Starting a virtual host · 3
WEBrick → DocumentRoot, URI, Various
Available in · 1
WEBrick → Ruby
Developer · 1
WEBrick → Ruby Community
License · 1
WEBrick → 2-Clause BSD License
Operating system · 1
WEBrick → Cross-platform

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ruby server http servers web rails library https proxy also servlets development standard uses several time used virtual production application

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
WEBrickAvailable inRuby1.00infobox
WEBrickDeveloperRuby Community1.00infobox
WEBrickLicense2-Clause BSD License1.00infobox
WEBrickOperating systemCross-platform1.00infobox
WEBrickOriginal authorsMasayoshi Takahashi and Yuuzou Gotou and et al.1.00infobox
WEBrickRepositorygithub.com/ruby/webrick1.00infobox
WEBrickStable release1.9.2 / 26 November 2025; 8 months ago (26 November 2025)1.00infobox
WEBrickTypeWeb Server1.00infobox
WEBrickWebsitewww.ruby-lang.org/en/1.00infobox
WEBrickWritten inRuby1.00infobox
WEBrickis aRuby library providing simple HTTP web servers0.90text
the Day Time Server which uses the Daytime Protocol rather than the HTTP is also facilitated by WEBrickinstance ofConstruction of several non-HTTP servers0.80text

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