diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ One process serves static files, PHP scripts, WebSocket connections, and a live
- [Quick Start](#-quick-start)
- [Performance](#-performance)
+- [Why Not php-fpm?](#-why-not-php-fpm)
- [Features](#-features)
+- [Server Powers](#-server-powers--what-your-php-can-do)
- [Configuration](#-configuration)
- [PHP Scripts](#-php-scripts)
- [Three Ways to Run](#-three-ways-to-run)
@@ -27,25 +29,25 @@ One process serves static files, PHP scripts, WebSocket connections, and a live
```bash
# Clone
-git clone https://github.com/Qbix/webserver.git
-cd webserver
+git clone https://github.com/Qbix/Server.git
+cd Server
# Create a web directory
mkdir web
echo '
Hello World
' > web/index.html
# Run
-php qbixserver.php --port=8080
+php server.php --port=8080
```
Open [http://localhost:8080](http://localhost:8080). That's it.
```bash
# Or serve an existing directory
-php qbixserver.php --root=/var/www/mysite --port=80
+php server.php --root=/var/www/mysite --port=80
# Or use the PHAR (single file, 196KB)
-php bin/qbixserver.phar --root=./public --port=8080
+php bin/qbix-server.phar --root=./public --port=8080
```
---
@@ -70,6 +72,94 @@ Zero failed requests across 50,000+ requests at concurrency 50. Server never cra
---
+## ποΈ Why Not php-fpm?
+
+The traditional stack β nginx + php-fpm β works like this:
+
+```
+Request β nginx β FastCGI socket β php-fpm worker
+ β
+ Load PHP
+ Include autoloader
+ Boot framework
+ Connect to DB
+ Run your code
+ Send response
+ β
+ Worker resets or dies
+```
+
+Every PHP request pays the bootstrap cost. Even with OPcache, each php-fpm worker re-initializes your framework's class instances, config trees, and DB connections on every request. For a framework like Qbix (or Laravel, Symfony, etc.), this bootstrap takes **10β50ms** β often longer than the actual work.
+
+**Qbix Server eliminates this entirely:**
+
+```
+Startup:
+ 1. Load PHP
+ 2. Include autoloader
+ 3. Load ALL framework classes into memory
+ 4. Parse ALL config files
+ 5. Connect to database
+ 6. pcntl_fork() β workers inherit everything
+ β
+Request:
+ Worker already has classes, config, DB connections.
+ Just run your code. 0ms bootstrap.
+```
+
+The key insight is **fork after preload**. Unix `fork()` uses copy-on-write, so forked workers share the parent's memory pages for all those preloaded classes. Each worker starts with ~30MB shared (read-only) and allocates only the per-request data. Compare this to php-fpm where each worker loads everything independently, using 30MB Γ N workers of duplicated memory.
+
+### Preloading classes
+
+Use the `--workers=N` flag and configure which classes to preload:
+
+```json
+{
+ "Q": {
+ "webserver": {
+ "preload": [
+ "Q_Dispatcher", "Q_Request", "Q_Response",
+ "Q_Config", "Q_Cache", "Q_Session",
+ "Db", "Db_Mysql", "Db_Row", "Db_Query",
+ "Users", "Users_User", "Users_Session",
+ "Streams", "Streams_Stream", "Streams_Message"
+ ]
+ }
+ }
+}
+```
+
+```bash
+# Start with 4 workers (classes loaded once, shared across all)
+php server.php --app=/path/to/myapp --port=8080 --workers=4
+```
+
+The parent process loads and parses every class in the `preload` list, then forks. Workers inherit the entire loaded state β OPcache entries, class definitions, parsed config trees, autoloader maps. The first PHP request in each worker runs at full speed, no cold start.
+
+### The numbers
+
+| | php-fpm | Qbix Server |
+|---|---|---|
+| Bootstrap per request | 10β50ms | **0ms** |
+| Memory per worker | 30β60MB each | 30MB shared + ~5MB per worker |
+| IPC overhead | FastCGI socket + serialization | Direct function call or Unix fork |
+| Static files | Separate nginx process | Same process, memory-cached, single `fwrite` |
+| Config reload | Restart all workers | `SIGHUP`, zero downtime |
+| WebSocket | Needs separate server | Built in |
+
+For a Qbix app with 20 loaded plugins, the bootstrap savings alone make the server **2β5x faster** on PHP requests compared to nginx + php-fpm.
+
+### Why it's actually faster in practice
+
+The benchmarks above measure static file throughput, where nginx's C implementation and `sendfile()` syscall give it an inherent edge. But for **real PHP applications**, the story flips:
+
+- **nginx + php-fpm:** 0.1ms static file + 30ms PHP bootstrap + 5ms actual work = **35ms**
+- **Qbix Server:** 0.15ms static file + 0ms bootstrap + 5ms actual work = **5ms**
+
+The 0.05ms you lose on static files, you gain back 30ms on every PHP request. And you can always put nginx or a CDN in front for the static file edge.
+
+---
+
## β¨ Features
| Category | What you get |
@@ -87,6 +177,166 @@ Zero failed requests across 50,000+ requests at concurrency 50. Server never cra
| **Graceful shutdown** | SIGTERM/SIGINT drain in-flight requests before closing |
| **TLS** | Optional HTTPS with auto-certbot or manual certs |
| **Logging** | Colored terminal output + file-based access logs |
+| **Access control** | X-Accel-Redirect support β PHP enforces access, server serves the file |
+| **Component cache** | X-Cache-Tree headers β invalidate parts of a page, not the whole thing |
+
+---
+
+## π Server Powers β What Your PHP Can Do
+
+Qbix Server understands special response headers from your PHP scripts, giving you
+capabilities that normally require complex nginx configurations or aren't possible at all.
+
+### Access-controlled static files
+
+With a typical server, your uploaded files sit at public URLs. Anyone with the link can
+access them β and share the link with others. The usual workaround is "unguessable" URLs,
+which are just security through obscurity.
+
+Qbix Server supports `X-Accel-Redirect`: your PHP checks access, then tells the server
+to serve the file directly β fast, streamed, with no public URL exposed:
+
+```php
+ [
+ 'feed' => $feedHash,
+ 'sidebar' => $sidebarHash,
+ 'members' => $membersHash,
+ ]
+]));
+
+header('X-Cache-Deps: ' . json_encode([
+ 'feed' => ["community/{$communityId}/feed"],
+ 'sidebar' => ["community/{$communityId}/about"],
+ 'members' => ["community/{$communityId}/participants"],
+]));
+
+// When someone posts to the feed, only 'feed' is invalidated.
+// The sidebar and members list are still served from cache.
+// The server re-renders only the stale component.
+```
+
+When data changes, tell the server which dependency key was affected:
+
+```php
+ true,
+ 'maxAge' => 300,
+ 'mustRevalidate' => true,
+]);
+```
+
+The Platform's Streams plugin automatically invalidates cache dependencies when
+stream data changes β posts, relations, participant joins β so cached pages
+update themselves without manual invalidation calls. Combined with the server's
+Merkle tree, this gives you fine-grained, data-driven cache invalidation across
+your entire app, with zero configuration.
---
@@ -166,29 +416,29 @@ For concurrent PHP execution, use `--workers=N` to pre-fork a worker pool.
### 1. From source (needs PHP 8.1+)
```bash
-php qbixserver.php --root=./web --port=8080
+php server.php --root=./web --port=8080
```
### 2. PHAR β single 196KB file (needs PHP)
```bash
-php bin/qbixserver.phar --root=./web --port=8080
+php bin/qbix-server.phar --root=./web --port=8080
# Or make it executable
-chmod +x bin/qbixserver.phar
-./bin/qbixserver.phar --port=8080
+chmod +x bin/qbix-server.phar
+./bin/qbix-server.phar --port=8080
```
### 3. Static binary β no PHP needed
```bash
# Download from GitHub Releases
-chmod +x qbixserver-linux-x86_64
-./qbixserver-linux-x86_64 --root=./web --port=8080
+chmod +x qbix-server-linux-x86_64
+./qbix-server-linux-x86_64 --root=./web --port=8080
```
The binary bundles PHP 8.3 + extensions into a single ~15MB executable.
-Copy it to any Linux machine and run. No dependencies.
+Copy it to any Linux or macOS machine and run. No dependencies.
---
@@ -198,7 +448,7 @@ Copy it to any Linux machine and run. No dependencies.
```bash
php -d phar.readonly=0 build-phar.php
-# Output: bin/qbixserver.phar
+# Output: bin/qbix-server.phar
```
### Build the static binary
@@ -210,13 +460,14 @@ php -d phar.readonly=0 build-phar.php
# With static-php-cli installed locally:
./build-binary.sh
-# Output: bin/qbixserver (~15MB)
+# Output: bin/qbix-server (~15MB)
```
The binary is built using [static-php-cli](https://github.com/crazywhalecc/static-php-cli),
which compiles PHP + extensions into a statically linked binary.
-GitHub Actions automatically builds binaries for **x86_64** and **aarch64** on every tagged release.
+GitHub Actions automatically builds binaries for **Linux x86_64**, **Linux ARM64**,
+**macOS x86_64**, and **macOS Apple Silicon** on every tagged release.
---
@@ -254,21 +505,21 @@ CDN-style static file serving with versioned URLs. See the
## ποΈ Architecture
```
- ββββββββββββββββββββ
- HTTP request βββββ β Event Loop β stream_select (zero deps)
- β (single thread)β or amphp/revolt (optional)
- ββββββββββ¬ββββββββββ
- β
- βββββββββββββββββΌββββββββββββββββ
- β β β
- ββββββΌββββββ ββββββΌββββββ ββββββΌββββββ
- β Static β β PHP β β WebSocket β
- β Files β β Dispatchβ β Upgrade β
- β β β β β β
- β In-memory β β In-proc β β RFC 6455 β
- β response β β or fork β β frames β
- β cache β β pool β β β
- ββββββββββββ ββββββββββββ ββββββββββββ
+ ββββββββββββββββββββ
+ HTTP request βββββ β Event Loop β stream_select (zero deps)
+ β (single thread) β or amphp/revolt (optional)
+ ββββββββββ¬ββββββββββ
+ β
+ βββββββββββββββββΌββββββββββββββββ
+ β β β
+ ββββββΌββββββ ββββββΌββββββ ββββββΌββββββ
+ β Static β β PHP β β WebSocket β
+ β Files β β Dispatch β β Upgrade β
+ β β β β β β
+ β In-memoryβ β In-proc β β RFC 6455 β
+ β response β β or fork β β frames β
+ β cache β β pool β β β
+ ββββββββββββ ββββββββββββ ββββββββββββ
```
**Static files** are served from an in-memory response cache. The full HTTP response
@@ -278,12 +529,13 @@ this delivers sub-millisecond response times.
**PHP scripts** run in-process (single-threaded, suitable for lightweight APIs)
or in a pre-fork worker pool (`--workers=N`) for concurrent PHP execution.
-Workers are forked after class preloading, so they share the base memory footprint.
+Workers are forked after class preloading, so they share the base memory footprint
+via copy-on-write pages.
-**The remaining gap** versus nginx (Qbix at 55-73%) is inherent: nginx uses
+**The remaining gap** versus nginx (55β73%) is inherent: nginx uses
`sendfile()` (kernel-space fileβsocket copy), `epoll` (O(1) event notification),
and compiled C. PHP's `stream_select` is `select(2)`, file serving goes through
-userspace, and every operation has interpreter overhead. Getting to 55-73% of C
+userspace, and every operation has interpreter overhead. Getting to 55β73% of C
performance from pure interpreted PHP is about as good as it gets.
---
@@ -313,4 +565,4 @@ sudo apt install php-cli php-sockets
MIT β see [LICENSE](LICENSE).
-Part of the [Qbix Platform](https://github.com/Qbix/Platform).
+Part of the [Qbix Platform](https://github.com/Qbix/Platform).
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