MacOS HTTP server using pure assembly

Yes it is what it says in the title. Pure arm 64 assembly implementation of HTTP server in assembly with a

• real (but primitive) routing (try /urmom and /urdad routes)
• some kind of configuration (you can change the port in one place and it applies everywhere)
• primitive logging to stdout

And still under 200 lines of code.

Build and run it

It is a macos only assembly (remember, arm64) so it will work only on Apple Silicon macs.

as -o server.o server.s
ld -o server server.o -lSystem -L /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/usr/lib -syslibroot /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk -arch arm64 -platform_version macos 15.0 15.0 -e _main -dynamic

./server

I recorded a very detailed youtube video with the description of every part of this assembly server. Watch here -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfBVv3WI8kU&t=2s&ab_channel=NeoGoose

React server components implementation

This is fun, I know. Yes I also implemeneted a backend for React Server Components in assembly, you can find the code here. To run this app you need to run the actual react app dev server by installing node js and running

npm install --legacy-peer-deps
npm start

And running the http server the same way as described above.

Oh and there is also a youtube video for this one -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-4BJXTAFD0&t=29s

Why did I do this?

I don't know but you can follow me on twitter to not miss the next crazy thing I do: https://x.com/neogoose_btw