Description:

darkhttpd is a secure, lightweight, fast, single-threaded HTTP/1.1 server.

Features:
Simple to set up.
Single binary, no other files, no installation needed.
Standalone, doesn't need inetd or ucspi-tcp.
No messing around with config files - all you have to specify is the www root.
Written in C - efficient and portable.
Small memory footprint.
Event loop, single threaded - no fork() or pthreads.
Generates directory listings.
Supports HTTP GET and HEAD requests.
Supports Range / partial content.
Supports If-Modified-Since.
Supports Keep-Alive connections.
Can serve 301 redirects based on Host header.
Uses sendfile() on FreeBSD, Solaris and Linux.