The Neokernel is a lightweight and secure ASP.NET web application server. It can be embedded and distributed with other applications or used as a standalone web server.

The server runs any IIS-compatible website with support for ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, AJAX, WCF, Silverlight, and a customized Neokernel API for writing C# and Visual Basic.NET server plug-ins. The Developer Tutorial shows how to write server plug-ins for the Neokernel Web Server.

A release for Mono is available for running the Neokernel in UNIX environments.

• Embed a web application server in your .NET solution instead of relying on
  Internet Information Server (IIS) or Cassini.
• Serve websites from your .NET or Mono application with no external configuration or dependencies.
• Run any website that works with IIS including popular ASP.NET blogging and content management systems like DotNetNuke and Umbraco.
• Build custom web server plug-ins and extend the server with C# and Visual Basic server APIs.
• Supports Windows (NTLM) Authentication, ASP.NET, WCF, SSL, virtual hosts, proxying, and redirection.
• High performance multi threaded execution.
• XML based server configuration.
• Runs as a Windows Service, in the Console under the current user account, or embedded in other applications.
• The Neokernel assembly is small (500 KB).
• And more...

• Neokernel for Windows Embedded - This release is optimized for use with Windows Embedded.
• Top 10 Reasons to Use Neokernel Over Cassini - Here are 10 reasons why you should be considering the Neokernel Web Server over Cassini.
• PITTSBURGH, PA - February 5, 2010 - Comet Way's Neokernel Web Server Receives Compatible with Windows 7 Logo
• Run the ASP.NET AJAX Toolkit with the Neokernel Web Server - The Neokernel includes support for the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit.
• New Walk-through Showing how to Host WCF Services Using the Neokernel - A new template project and walk through is online that shows how to host various types of WCF projects (both Web projects and WCF service libraries) using the Neokernel Web Server. Click here to view the walk through. Click here to download the WCF Agent Template.