SwitchPipe.org - Web Management

SwitchPipe is a web application manager which means that it accepts HTTP requests from web browsers. But it does a whole lot more. Web application servers come in all shapes and sizes with different features and protocols. SwitchPipe works on the backend of application processes. Its language and framework are agnostic because backend HTTP-speaking apps don’t run directly within SwitchPipe. Instead, they are loaded into their own processes. SwitchPipe loads and proxies to multiple instances of each application. Administrators can define a number of settings as well as the amount of backend processes they want running. SwitchPipe is built for ease. You don’t have to switch from ports and worry about starting backend apps. It’s open source, free and on the cutting edge of web application managers.

“SwitchPipe is a proof of concept "Web application server" or, more accurately, a Web application process manager and request proxy. Backend Web applications are loaded into their own processes, making SwitchPipe language agnostic. HTTP requests are proxied at the TCP level using information extracted from the headers to establish which backend application is being demanded.”

SwitchPipe’s fast speed and ease of use ought to attract web developers. It tackles the language issue by getting rid of it altogether and it does all the work for you.

Will SwitchPipe garner enough PR to make it widely known and used? Will developers like what they see? Or will they want something more?