Ocsigen is a web server and a programming framework providing a new way to create dynamic web sites. its goal is to offer an alternative to apache/php, based on cutting-edge technologies coming from research in programming languages. it has most of the features you expect from a web server (static pages, cgi scripts, etc.) and also an innovative module, called eliom, for generating dynamic web pages. with eliom, you program in a concise and modular way, with a strong type system which helps you to produce valid xhtml. the server handles sessions, urls, and page parameters automatically.

this metapackage brings everything you need to develop ocsigen extensions and eliom modules: the development librairies, the server itself and documentation.