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Kestrel is an event-driven, I/O-based, open-source, cross-platform, and asynchronous server which hosts .NET applications. It is provided as a default server for .NET Core therefore, it is compatible with all the platforms and their versions which .NET Core supports.
Usually, it is used as an edge-server, which means it is the server which faces the internet and handles HTTP web requests from clients directly. It is a listening server with a command-line interface.
Advantages of Kestrel are:
- Lightweight and fast.
- Cross-platform and supports all versions of .NET Core.
- Supports HTTPS.
- Easy configuration
