FastCGI  is a language independent, scalable, open extension to CGI that provides high performance without the limitations of server specific APIs. See the docs for more details.

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Servers

	Apache - mod_fastcgi is a free, open-source Apache httpd module. See also the session affinity patch for mod_fastcgi 2.4.0 (a few revisions off the current). current: download docs browse Win32 DLL-1.3/2.0   git: history
	aXesW3 - aXes Web Server is a fast, secure, non-blocking, multiplexing 4th generation HTTP 1.1 server for the IBM iSeries (AS/400) with integrated Website acceleration technology and FastCGI support.
	Microsoft IIS & Netscape/iPlanet/SunOne - Use Shane Caraveo's ISAPI/NSAPI plugin for Windows. Source and binaries are available here. IIS7 in Longhorn Server Beta 3 has built-in FastCGI support.
	MyServer - A free open-source multithreaded web server that is easy to configure and manage. Its available for Linux and Windows and has built-in support for CGI, ISAPI, WinCGI, and FastCGI.
	Pi3Web - Pi3Web is a free, multithreaded, highly configurable and extensible HTTP server and development environment for cross platform internet server development and deployment.
	Premium thttpd - Premium thttpd is a fast, secure, non-blocking, multiplexing web server. It leverages operating system optimizations and O(1) algorithms for all common operations.
	SunOne - Sun and Zend have announced a FastCGI NSAPI plugin for the SunOne server.
	WebSTAR - 4D announced support for FastCGI  as of version 5.1. 4D WebSTAR Server Suite V is a fast, secure and extensible server suite for Mac OS X, best known for easy administration.
	Zeus - Zeus Technology announced FastCGI  support in v3.0.8 of the Zeus server.

Application Libraries

	The Development Kit - C, C++, Perl, and Java, libraries as well as assorted documentation. current: download docs browse   CVS: download history browse
	C, C++ - See the Development Kit.
	Common Lisp John Hinsdale's module for CLISP Teemu Kalva's module for CMUCL
	Guile Scheme - FastCGI  bindings for Guile Scheme.
	Goanna Eiffel - The Goanna Eiffel project includes a native implementation of FastCGI for use with its web application libraries.
	Java - See the Development Kit.
	Perl - The latest version of Sven Verdoolaege's FCGI Perl module can be obtained from CPAN . FCGI.pm v0.35 and later no longer requires SFIO or rebuilding Perl!
	Python Jon Ribbens' multi-threaded 'servlet' interface - jonpy Peter Åstrand's multi-threaded module - thfcgi.py Andreas Jung's multi-threaded wrapper for fcgi.py - sz_fcgi.py Robin Dunn's improvements to Digicool's module - fcgi.py
	Ruby - Eli Green's Ruby bindings.
	TCL - Tom Poindexter's TCL interface.
	SmallEiffel - Lyn Headley's SmallEiffel bindings.
	Smalltalk FasTalk FS FastCGI for Dolphin Smalltalk
	VMS - Jeff Coffield's VMS module.

Docs

	FAQ - Frequently asked questions, examples and explanations.
	FastCGI White Paper - Describes the motivation for FastCGI, the FastCGI  interface, FastCGI  application roles, the FastCGI  application library, and FastCGI  performance.
	Understanding FastCGI Application Performance - Why FastCGI  applications often run faster than applications coded directly to Web server APIs.
	FastCGI Developer's Kit - How to configure and build the kit, and write applications using the FastCGI  application libraries.
	FastCGI Programmer's Guide - Programmer-oriented documentation for developers of FastCGI  applications. The content overlaps considerably with the Developer's Kit document.
	FastCGI Specification - Defines the interface between a FastCGI  application and the Web server.
	FastCGI - A High-Performance Gateway Interface - Position paper presented at the workshop "Programming the Web -- a search for APIs", Fifth International World Wide Web Conference, 6 May 1996, Paris, France.
	Rob's Open Source '99 Presentations - Two FastCGI  related presentations given at O'reilly's Open Source '99 Conference in Monterey, CA.
	The Apache FastCGI Process Manager - A description of some of the functionality of the process manager in mod_fastcgi. I'm not sure how accurate it is.

Misc.

	fastcgi-developers List Archives - local | GMANE (news)
	Open Market Archive - The original Open Market www.fastcgi.com site archive.

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