Vermell Offers a Bare-Metal C++ Web Framework Built on epoll
Vermell is a newly published C++ web framework designed around minimalism: no third-party libraries, no heavy abstractions, just direct use of Linux's epoll system call to handle asynchronous I/O and network connections. The project targets developers who want fine-grained control over performance and memory usage without pulling in the bloat that often comes with larger frameworks like Boost.Asio or Drogon.
By relying solely on epoll, Vermell aims to keep the codebase small and easy to audit, appealing to systems programmers who prefer understanding every line running their server rather than trusting opaque dependency chains. It's still an early, niche project—posted to Hacker News with modest attention—but it fits a recurring theme in the C++ community of building lean, dependency-free tools from first principles.
For now, it's best suited to hobbyists and engineers experimenting with low-level networking rather than production deployments, though its simplicity could make it a useful teaching tool for how event-driven servers work under the hood.