Cricket MSF

Lightweight

4.3MB fat jar
Java 13
216 classes
16k LOC

Free

Apache 2.0 licensed.
Hosted on GitHub.

Minimalistic

Plain Old Java
Configuration over convention
No hidden magic

Main components

HTTP server
websocket server
auth module
headless CMS
H2 database
key-value database
scheduler
JSON serialization/deserialization

Main features

Hexagonal architecture
Event driven
Cloud ready
Low memory requirements
REST API

Running a static web page in 1 minute

Open terminal window in the newly created directory
Download the latest Cricket MSF library
Create your web page file in www subfolder (www/index.html)
Start the service
Display your page in web browser at http://localhost:7070
Call example status service API at http://localhost:7070/api/status
Stop the service by pressing Ctrl-C in the terminal window

Example code:

mkdir myservice
cd myservice
wget https://github.com/gskorupa/cricket/releases/latest/download/cricket.jar
mkdir www
echo "Hello World!">www/index.html
java -jar cricket.jar -r -s BasicService

Consider sponsoring the framework

Cricket is available under the Apache 2.0 license, and you can use it for any application for free. I continue to provide new features and care about its quality, but it is not easy without financial backing. You can support Cricket's development using the following methods: