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A lightweight HTTP webhook server written in Go.

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Hooky – A lightweight HTTP webhook server written in Go

by virtuallytd·Mar 26, 2026·2 points·1 comment
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●●SolidCozyNiche Gem

Composable trigger rules with and/or/not conditions beat simple webhook forwarders.

Strengths
  • •Secrets via env:VAR or file:/path keep config files safe from version control
  • •Hot reload with SIGHUP means no restarts when editing hooks.yaml
  • •Fire-and-forget mode returns 200 immediately while scripts run background
Weaknesses
  • •Webhook servers are well-served by Hookdeck, localtunnel, and ngrok
  • •No built-in retry logic or dead letter queue for failed executions
Target Audience

DevOps engineers, backend developers

Similar To

Hookdeck · ngrok · localtunnel

Post Description

I built a lightweight HTTP webhook server written in Go. You can use it to trigger scripts from HTTP requests. It has built-in secret validation, rate limiting, and configurable execution controls. It can run standalone or in a container.

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