Hermes is the seed of a complete HTTP framework written in Rust. While it currently focuses on clean abstractions for HTTP messages and minimal networking components, the long‑term goal is to offer a fully fledged web framework capable of replacing typical PHP stacks.

• Utilities for parsing and generating HTTP messages exposed under the http module.
• A minimal asynchronous client for performing requests, available under the http::services module.
• A lightweight asynchronous server used in examples and tests, also under http::services.
• A router with route groups and a Controller trait to handle incoming requests.
• A simple dependency injection Container supporting multiple named instances of a type for sharing services with controllers.
• Basic session handling backed by a file-based store with a pluggable SessionStore trait. Session values use the Value type and are stored using a configurable formatter (JSON by default) under the http::session module. The module also exposes a generate_id helper to create secure session IDs.
• Simple cookie parsing and response helpers available under the http::cookie module.

cargo build

cargo test

At this stage the crate offers utilities for parsing and generating HTTP messages. All core types are available under the http module. It also ships with a minimal asynchronous client and server used in the tests and examples.

use hermes::http::services::client::Client;
use hermes::http::ResponseTrait;

# tokio_test::block_on(async {
let resp = Client::get("http://example.com").await.unwrap();
println!("Status: {}", resp.code());
# });

The project will evolve into a complete backend framework. Upcoming milestones include an asynchronous server built on Tokio and Hyper, a richer routing system with middleware and dependency injection, session management using a file-based backend by default with support for custom stores, security mechanisms, database access through an ORM, a template engine, CLI tools and continuous integration. Advanced features like form handling, background tasks and optional WebSocket support are also planned. See ROADMAP.md for more details.