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 # h5ai
-**a modern HTTP web server index for Apache httpd, lighttpd, nginx and Cherokee**
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+**h5ai** is a modern HTTP web server index for Apache httpd, lighttpd, nginx and Cherokee.
 The preferred way to report a bug or make a feature request is to
 create [a new issue](http://github.com/lrsjng/h5ai/issues/new) on GitHub!