About HTTP/Minimal

HTTP/Minimal is a response to the modern web's complexity and hostility toward users.

The Problem

The web today requires:

Executing arbitrary JavaScript from strangers
Accepting tracking cookies
Loading megabytes of frameworks to read a paragraph
Fighting against dark patterns designed to manipulate you

The Solution

HTTP/Minimal constrains HTTP to its document-serving roots:

Feature	Modern Web	HTTP/Minimal
JavaScript	Required	Forbidden
Cookies	Everywhere	Forbidden
Tracking	Default	Minimized
Content	HTML soup	Clean Markdown
Page weight	2-10 MB	~10 KB

Philosophy

The web was designed as a document system. HTTP/Minimal returns it to that purpose.

We believe:

Documents should be readable - both by humans and machines
Privacy is the default - not something you opt into
Simplicity scales - complex systems fail in complex ways
Constraints are features - what you can't do matters

Get Involved

This is an open specification. Fork it, improve it, adopt it.

The spec is released under CC0 - no rights reserved.