v1.0.4 Released — Linux, macOS, Windows, cPanel

Embedded PHP
Web Server

VeloServe is a high-performance web server written in Rust with PHP embedded directly via FFI. No PHP-FPM. No overhead. Just speed.

Quick Install: curl -sSL https://veloserve.io/install.sh | bash
10-100x Faster than CGI
~1ms PHP Latency
2.6MB Binary Size
Get Started Try in Browser
terminal

👆 This is all you need! Copy and run:

curl -sSL https://veloserve.io/install.sh | bash

Three Ways to Deploy

Choose the mode that fits your infrastructure

🔵

CGI Mode

Simple & Portable

VeloServe
spawn →
php-cgi
  • ✓ Works everywhere
  • ✓ Easy debugging
  • ✓ All PHP extensions
  • ⚠️ ~50ms latency
cargo build --release
Fastest
🚀

SAPI Mode

Maximum Performance

VeloServe + libphp.so
  • 🚀 10-100x faster
  • 🚀 ~1ms latency
  • 🚀 WordPress ready
  • 🚀 Full session support
cargo build --release --features php-embed
New
🖥️

cPanel Mode

Drop-in Apache Replacement

VeloServe replaces Apache
  • 🔄 One-click Apache swap
  • 🖥️ WHM management UI
  • 🔒 AutoSSL integration
  • ⚡ Auto-sync hooks
./import-apache-and-swap.sh --swap

Built for Speed

Everything you need for modern PHP applications

🦀

Written in Rust

Memory-safe, blazing fast, and reliable. Built on Tokio and Hyper for async I/O.

🐘

Embedded PHP

PHP runs inside VeloServe via FFI. No process spawning, no IPC overhead.

📦

WordPress Ready

Full WordPress and Magento 2 support with intelligent caching rules.

⚡

Multi-Layer Cache

Page cache, object cache, and static asset cache with automatic invalidation.

🔒

HTTP/2 & TLS

Modern protocols out of the box. HTTPS with automatic certificate handling.

🖥️

cPanel Integration

Drop-in Apache replacement with WHM plugin, AutoSSL, cPanel hooks, and tailwatchd monitoring.

☁️

Cloud Native

One-click deployment on Ona.com, GitHub Codespaces, and any container platform.

Performance That Matters

Real benchmarks, real results

Server Requests/sec Latency Memory
⚡ VeloServe (SAPI) ~10,000 ~1ms Medium
VeloServe (CGI) ~500 ~50ms Low
Nginx + PHP-FPM ~2,000 ~10ms Medium
Apache + mod_php ~1,500 ~15ms High

Get Started in Minutes

Choose your installation method

1

Install PHP Embed Library

sudo apt install php-dev libphp-embed libxml2-dev libsodium-dev
2

Clone & Build

git clone https://github.com/veloserve/veloserve.git
cd veloserve
cargo build --release --features php-embed
3

Run

./target/release/veloserve --config veloserve.toml
1

Install PHP

sudo apt install php-cgi php-mysql php-curl php-gd php-mbstring
2

Clone & Build

git clone https://github.com/veloserve/veloserve.git
cd veloserve
cargo build --release
3

Run

./target/release/veloserve --config veloserve.toml
1

Download Binary & Clone Scripts

curl -LO https://github.com/veloserve/veloserve/releases/latest/download/veloserve-latest-x86_64-almalinux9.tar.gz
tar -xzf veloserve-latest-x86_64-almalinux9.tar.gz
sudo mv veloserve /usr/local/bin/
git clone https://github.com/veloserve/veloserve.git /tmp/veloserve-repo
2

Install WHM Plugin

cd /tmp/veloserve-repo/cpanel
./install-whm-plugin.sh
3

Swap Apache for VeloServe

./import-apache-and-swap.sh --swap
☁️ Open in Ona Pre-configured environment 💻 Open in Codespaces GitHub's cloud IDE

Both options include Rust, PHP, and all dependencies pre-installed!

Download Pre-built Binaries

No compilation needed — just download and run

🐧

Linux

x86_64 (Standard) ~3MB x86_64 (PHP Embed) 🚀 ~4MB x86_64 (AlmaLinux 9 / cPanel) ~3MB ARM64 ~3MB
🍎

macOS

Intel (x86_64) ~3MB Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3) ~3MB
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Windows

x86_64 ~3MB

🚀 PHP Embed build = 10-100x faster PHP execution (requires libphp-embed)

Standard build = Works with any PHP installation via php-cgi

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Join developers who are shipping faster with VeloServe.

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