bandit

Bandit is an HTTP server for Plug and WebSock apps.

Bandit is written entirely in Elixir and is built atop Thousand Island. It can serve HTTP/1.x, HTTP/2 and WebSocket clients over both HTTP and HTTPS. It is written with correctness, clarity & performance as fundamental goals. It is the default HTTP server for Phoenix since release 1.7.11 of the framework.

In ongoing automated performance tests, Bandit's HTTP/1.x engine is up to 4x faster than Cowboy depending on the number of concurrent requests. When comparing HTTP/2 performance, Bandit is up to 1.5x faster than Cowboy. This is possible because Bandit has been built from the ground up for use with Plug applications; this focus pays dividends in both performance and also in the approachability of the code base.

Bandit also emphasizes correctness. Its HTTP/2 implementation scores 100% on the h2spec suite in strict mode, and its WebSocket implementation scores 100% on the Autobahn test suite, both of which run as part of Bandit's comprehensive CI suite. Extensive unit test, credo, dialyzer, and performance regression test coverage round out a test suite that ensures that Bandit is and will remain a platform you can count on.