knutin/elli

Elli is a high-throughput, low-latency HTTP server for Erlang applications. It provides core request handling, a middleware system for pre/post-processing and compression, and support for SSL and chunked responses. The system includes benchmarking scripts for performance testing and comprehensive test coverage for its features.

The repository was initialized with essential project files: a .gitignore to exclude build artifacts, a .travis.yml for CI testing across multiple Erlang/OTP versions, a Makefile for local development, a rebar.config for the build system, and a CHANGELOG.md documenting the project's history. Additionally, the README was updated to clarify the project's purpose and provide a link to the official repository.

(repo-wide) · high confidence

This commit introduces the initial version of the Elli web server, providing a high-throughput, low-latency HTTP server for Erlang applications. It includes the core server logic (elli.erl, elli\_http.erl), request handling (elli\_request.erl), and a middleware system (elli\_middleware.erl) that supports pre/post-processing and response compression (elli\_middleware\_compress.erl). The release also provides example callbacks (elli\_example\_callback.erl) demonstrating routing, file serving, chunked responses, and header handling, along with a test helper (elli\_test.erl) for unit testing handlers.

src · high confidence

Added \include/elli.hrl\ and \include/elli\_util.hrl\ to the project. The header defines core type specifications for HTTP methods, headers, body, and responses, alongside a new \\#req\ record that includes fields for \raw\_path\, \socket\, and \callback\. It also defines \http\_range\ and \range\ types, as well as \elli\_event\ atoms for various request lifecycle events. The utility header provides macros for list-to-integer and integer-to-list conversions.

include · high confidence

Added benchmark and test scripts for performance testing; Added test coverage for SSL, middleware, and handover features.

Written by watchdog.canine.dev from the codebase's own history, inside the signed delivery this page is composed from.

• CAI 48 → 57 (+9.1)
• Rubric changed (rubric-2026.08.19 → rubric-2026.09.15) — scores are not directly comparable.

• Code Health 86 → 96 (+9.6)
• Architecture 100 → 100 (+0.0)
• Maturity 28 → 38 (+10.4)
• Readiness 39 → 68 (+28.6)
• Security 100 → 67 (-33.3)

• Coverage not included — suite not readable by the collector
• Dependency hygiene not measured — dependency manifest found but not parsed for hygiene
• FileTooLong: src/elli_http.erl (src/elli_http.erl)
• No exposed public API
• No project description explaining the purpose of elli and what HTTP APIs it serves. (README.md)
• Test reliability not included
• complexity unreadable for .erl, .hrl — churn × complexity hotspots could not be measured
• dormant codebase — no living knowledge left to concentrate

• Coverage not measured — no coverage collector is wired up
• Documentation: no installation or build instructions (README.md)
• Documentation: no project overview (README.md)
• No SBOM
• No artifact signing
• No build provenance
• TodoComment (src/elli_middleware.erl)

Written by watchdog.canine.dev from the codebase's own history, inside the signed delivery this page is composed from.

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